Quotes tagged ‘NASA’

“So long, Earth. Catch you on the flip side.”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jack Swigert, Kevin Bacon, imdb.com

“Reporter: So...the number 13 doesn't bother you? Fred Haise, Sr.: Only if it's a Friday, Phil. Reporter: Apollo 13—lifting off at 1300 hours and 13 minutes, and, entering the moon's gravity on April 13th. Jim Lovell: Uh, Ken Mattingly has been doing some...scientific experiments regarding that very…”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jim Lovell, Tom Hanks, imdb.com

“Christopher Columbus, Charles Lindbergh, and Neil Armstrong. Ha, ha, ha. Neil Armstrong!”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jim Lovell, Tom Hanks, imdb.com

“Patty: How do you go to the bathroom in space? Jim Lovell: Well, um... I tell you it's a very complicated procedure that involves cranking down the window and looking for a gas station.”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jim Lovell, Tom Hanks, imdb.com

“Congressman: Now Jim, people in my state keep asking why we're continuing to fund this program now that we've beaten the Russians to the moon. Jim Lovell: Imagine if Christopher Columbus had come back from the New World and no one returned in his footsteps.”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jim Lovell, Tom Hanks, imdb.com

“From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, we just decided to go.”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jim Lovell, Tom Hanks, imdb.com

“Houston, we have a problem.”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Jim Lovell, Tom Hanks, imdb.com

“We've never lost an American in space, we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option.”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Gene Kranz, Ed Harris, imdb.com

“NASA Director: This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced. Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.”

— William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert, Gene Kranz, Ed Harris, imdb.com

“I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission.”

— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com

“That NASA guy treated me like a child, and I intend to prove him wrong.”

— Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro, Sheldon Cooper, Iain Armitage, imdb.com

“Really the only bad moments in our training involved the press. Whereas NASA appeared to be very enlightened about flying women astronauts, the press didn't appear to be.”

— Sally Ride, businessinsider.com

“The view of Earth is spectacular. The shuttle is pretty close to Earth. It only flies between 200 and 350 miles above Earth. So it's really pretty close. So we don't see the whole planet, like the astronauts who went to the moon did. So we can see much more detail. We can see cities during the day a…”

— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com

“I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong. The space shuttle is a better and safer rocke…”

— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com

“I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space. I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.”

— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com

“For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds. So it would've been impossible to have an all-women crew because there weren't women pilots. But now it would be very possible!”

— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com

“They were very excited. They all went down to Florida to watch the launch, and they spent time there and at NASA during the flight. They were very excited about the whole process. I'm sure they were a little nervous, too!”

— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com

“I liked launch better. It's much more exciting. And it's very different from any experience you can have on earth. Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same—it's not even close to the same. It's a very exciting experience. Landing is very exciting, t…”

— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com

“If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.”

— Ross Perot, ranker.com

“How does NASA organize a party? They planet.”

— Unknown, thoughtcatalog.com