Rick Tumlinson Quotes

All space projects push the frontiers of technology and are drivers of innovation.

Aside from communications satellites, space is devoid of industry.

Space is going to be commonplace.

I've always been interested in the idea of space exploration. When I was younger it was just a dream, but the theory of rockets being able to travel through space was very much alive. I found it very exciting.

Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.

Rockets are cool. There's no getting around that.

I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact.

Canada and space are a natural fit.

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.

We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech.

Anything that stimulates the public's imagination about the nobility and the importance of space exploration is something that I'm very excited to be a part of.

I'm trying to get to Mars before everyone else.

There are few aspects of everyday life that aren't touched by the technologies developed for space travel.

Yuri's Night is a world celebration for everyone who's interested in a human presence in space - without concern for politics, the Cold War, countries that do and don't have space programs.

We go across lands, we go across water. And then the next logical step was to start flying just over a hundred years ago and of course, now we're going to look up at the stars and say what's next, what's out there?

What we do at NASA is inspiring. It's reaching, it's visionary, and it inspires people on Earth to try hard things.

The American people want and deserve a space program truly worthy of a nation of pioneers.

Hopefully, we will get more and more people interested in doing research in space. I think eventually it's also going to be a great commercial market.

I am a spacer. It is what and who I am. It is my cause and my life. I am not an enthusiast, a fan, or supporter. It is what I exist to do here on Earth. And there are many of us; some, like Elon Musk, are very high profile.

We cannot wait for the next Kennedy to set us on our path to the stars.

Competition-driven innovation and price pressure that commercial practices foster can only make human spaceflight ever more common and U.S. leadership in this domain ever clearer.

Competition like that seen between Blue Origin and SpaceX is key to rapid progress in space.