Rick Tumlinson Quotes

I believe in the importance of flying in space and the research that we do.

I think that space exploration as a broad activity is the most important things that humans can do. I've always found it fascinating, interesting, compelling, and I have a drive to go out into space.

Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.

Aside from communications satellites, space is devoid of industry.

Space is going to be commonplace.

I've always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the '60s.

The Space Program is an investment of the nation’s future…. Humans will not be confined to this planet forever.

Space and exploration are also related to inspiration.

Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at first, but in the end to conquer the whole of solar space.

The conquest of space is not merely a technological project of interest to a handful of select scientists and specialists, valuable though that research and information may be.

Science does not just drive space travel - space travel also drives science.

When the first American steps on the red dust of Mars, it's going to be because of computer scientists.

One of the great things about the space program is it's super well-documented.

We've explored every type of environment in the solar system at least once.

America's love affair with traveling into outer space is deeply entrenched.

The space shuttle was designed, at least in part, to broaden our knowledge of the universe. To scientists, the vehicle was a tool; to engineers, it was their creation.

We have to be plumbers, electricians, construction engineers, or workers, on the space station, but at the same time running a laboratory, being scientists, being the best laboratory assistants we can be. It's all in a bundle; it's very exciting, it's a lot of fun.

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.

Going to Mars would evolve humankind into a two-planet species.

In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this globe, as within some magic circle it must never outstep, we shall one day travel to the moon, the planets, and the stars, with the same facility, rapidity, and certainty as we now make the voyage from Liverpool to New York!

Space fascinated me because I'm from the generation that saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon live on TV. I was 7 at the time. Also, 'Lost in Space' was one of my favorite shows on TV back then.

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

Everyone, red state, blue state, everyone supports space exploration.

Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.

The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.