Helen Sharman Quotes

As a researcher, I look forward to being able to do space science in a space environment.

When I started working at NASA and understanding what the capabilities really were of the space station and the space program, one of the biggest draws for me was the ability to do experiments in space. We can do a number of experiments where gravity is actually a variable.

My biggest love is space. I completed 800 hours' space training in Moscow and I became the world's oldest man to go to the North Magnetic Pole. At 67, I also became the oldest man to reach 28,400ft on Everest without oxygen.

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

A lot of scientists on Earth think of things that they could do in zero g. Things like the way metals cure, for example, and the way fluids react in space can tell us a lot about some of the unknowns we have on Earth.

NASA is an utterly fascinating place, and the fact that the buildings look so anonymous almost makes it more fascinating. You walk by a generic office-park-looking building, and you have no idea what's going on inside.

What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

The ability of the humans to not only function in space but be very functional when they arrive at their destination, those are the kinds of things we're learning from the science. Fuel transfer technologies and all the things we can learn about the space environment are all valuable to us for pressing on out.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space.

Having walked on the Moon, I know something about what we need to explore, really explore, in space.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

The beauty of the space station, and of human spaceflight, is that it is now at a level of maturity where you can invite people on-board, which is what I worked so hard to do on social media and all the videos I made.

Being able to have a laboratory on Mars, being able to have some sort of sustained human presence on Mars in the future, I think, is critically important for science.

We are not building the space station for science any more than we went to the moon for science, but we got a hell of a lot of good science out of it.

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

Our country... invests a tiny fraction of 1 percent in NASA, and this is what's so amazing to me, is with that small investment, we do so much for the country.

We do a lot of science on the space station. Over the course of the year, there'll be 400 to 500 different investigations in all different kinds of disciplines. Some are related to improving life on earth in material science, physics, combustion science, earth sciences, medicine.

When I got to college, I discovered how many incredible opportunities NASA offered students pursuing a career in the space industry.

Technologically, it is not hard to launch an object into space. Emotionally, it has been difficult.

I am not sure what the future holds for me personally, but I envision myself continuing to work on spaceflight programs.

NASA has made a difference.

If you have a Falcon Heavy, and you have a Dragon, and you have a Bigelow module, then all of a sudden, life gets interesting.

People will come back and influence their communities to get excited about space. Space funding will increase because people will see the benefit it has to the way people relate to the world, the way people relate to problems, and the way people view themselves.

New Jersey makes important contributions to the space program. We want to make sure it just doesn't happen in Houston.