Space Quotes Ipsum

A good rule for rocket experimenters to follow is this: always assume that it will explode. a little levity is appropriate in a dangerous trade. a spacecraft is a metaphor of national inspiration: majestic, technologically advanced, produced at dear cost and entrusted with precious cargo, rising above the constraints of the earth. a truly isolated, small, and creative society will never again be possible on this planet. and even if the requisite fuel were produced, it would still have to be shown that the rocket machine would operate at 459 degrees below zero*the temperature of interplanetary space. and if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right! and makes men mad. and so the debate started. and then, the earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from sun. and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space..

Astronomy is written for astronomers. this may seem wild, and visionary; all i maintain is that it is not unscientific. a chinese tale tells of some men sent to harm a young girl who, upon seeing her beauty, become her protectors rather than her violators. a few million years ago there were no humans. a hundred billion? "billions and billions" is pretty vague. a man is the best computer available to place in a spacecraft... a time would come when men should be able to stretch out their eyes... after 25 shipboard years, such a ship could even reach the great andromeda galaxy - although over 2 million years would have passed on the earth. all of the people involved in the program, to my knowledge, felt challenger was quite ready to go and i made the decision, along with the recommendation of the team supporting me, that we launched. all right. and so this knowledge will be unfolded through long successive ages. and thanks for putting me on relay, houston. and that leads, of course, to a strong suspicion that everybody else can do it if they want to. and then, a journey into tomorrow, a journey to another planet, a manned mission to mars. and this perhaps might be made large enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum and commodities for traffic. and we are mistreating it. and when the first contact with the outer universe is made, one would like to think that mankind played an active and not merely a passive role*that we were the discoverers, not the discovered..

"what do i see?" i replied. there is the possibility of an industrial bonanza. a 20% commercial discount and 2% cash discount (net 30 days) resulting in a total of $312,421.24. a hostile sky. a new space race has begun, and most americans are not even aware of it. a universe that come from nothing in the big bang will disappear at the big crunch. across the gulf of centuries, the blind smile of homer is turned upon our age. after i give lectures*on almost any subject*i am often asked, "do you believe in ufos?". after the apollo 13 recovery, grumman aerospace corporation (designers and builders of the lunar module) sent a spoof invoice a441066 to north american rockwell (designers and builders of the command and service modules) for towing the rest of apollo 13 around the moon and home to earth. all human exploration's bottom line is about preserving our species over the long haul. all of the people involved in the program, to my knowledge, felt challenger was quite ready to go and i made the decision, along with the recommendation of the team supporting me, that we launched. all this enlarges the human horizon... all we need to ask is where do they come from. and a landing on mars will follow and i expect to be around in see it. and darkness was upon the face of the deep... and deposited in a friend's safe... and don't forget one in the command module... and eventually, they help you get out of the dark age. and god saw that it was good." and from the crew of apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, and a merry christmas. and how insignificant we really all are, but then how fortunate we are to have this body and to be able to enjoy loving here amongst the beauty of the earth itself. and it's the saddest moment of my life. and just as jefferson sent lewis and clark to open the continent, our commitment to the moon/mars initiative will open the universe. and so the debate started. and thanks for putting me on relay, houston. and then, the earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from sun. and twinkle on the milky way,.