John M. Grunsfeld Quotes

Space and exploration are also related to inspiration.

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

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?

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.

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

Space is going to be commonplace.

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

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

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.

We are not particularly interested in the prestige of space, but in the scientific aspects of it.

Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on.

When we explore other planets, we learn a lot about our own.

I was thinking as a little girl growing up that I would be there. When I look at whether we can go to Mars, it's definitely something we can do.

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

Space is something which makes us question our role here on Earth. It brings out the best of our hopes and dreams.

I will do my best to support science in Korea and space programs in Korea.

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

The folks at NASA really look at the world and try to envision how things can be better.

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said Because it is there. Well, space is there, and were going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.

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

Landing on the moon was a dream that millions of kids have had for hundreds of years.

All the traditional STEM fields, the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, are stoked when you dream big in an agency such as NASA.

You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.