Space Quotes

Here are some great Space Quotes that motivate the Rocket City Space Pioneers!

"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow."
-- U.S. professor, physicist, and pioneer rocket engineer -- Dr. Robert H. Goddard

"I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution."
-- German-American rocket scientist and first Director of Marshall Space Flight Center -- Dr. Wernher von Braun 

“If we are to become a spacefaring nation, the next generation of explorers is going to have to learn how to survive in other forbidding, faraway places across the vastness of space. The Moon is a crucially important stepping stone along that path – an alien world, yet one that is only a three-day journey from Earth.“
-- former NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin

“Using the space station and building an outpost on the Moon to prepare for the trip to Mars are critical milestones in America's quest to become a truly spacefaring nation. Throughout history, the great nations have been the ones at the forefront of the frontiers of their time.”
-- former NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin

“Of all the possible destinations in space, the Moon offers the proximity, accessibility, and materials necessary to learn how to use what we find in space to create new capabilities.”
-- Dr. Paul Spudis, Senior Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute

“Finally, there is a special benefit to deep space exploration by Americans - the continual transplantation of the institutions of freedom to those human settlements on the Moon and Mars. This is our special gift and our special obligation to the future.”
-- Dr. Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 Astronaut

“The Google X PRIZE competition allows us to go back and visit historic landing sites and once again feel the thrill of victory. Technology will allow viewers to tune in and be part of, and even interact, during our journey. We are developing systems that will ultimately lead to sustaining Moon explorations that include excursions to polar regions to look for water on the Moon.”
-- Tim Pickens, Rocket City Space Pioneers Team Leader

 

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