Crew Safety Quotes

Large solid rockets have never been a very good way to build launchers that might have crews on top, especially because of the problems in getting the crew away from a failing launcher.

In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

The men and women who make up a plane's crew put their lives in jeopardy each time they fly. It's our job as much as anyone's to make sure we make it as safe as possible up there for them.

And then finally, I'm the commander, so I am fundamentally responsible for the lives of the other people on board and the health and longevity of the space station. I need to bring six people back happy, healthy and feeling like they've had the best six months of their life.

Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on.

The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it.

The objective is not just to save the crew or just to get the ship up, but the superobjective is to get back home to the family and protect the family.

My crew [on "Fitzcarraldo" filming] actually said, "We have filmed it from outside on the rocks of the shore. We should be on board [the ship]," and I said it's dangerous, I only do it if you cinematographer Thomas Mauch and you actor [Klaus] Kinski decide on your own.