#astronaut

I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#aside #astronaut #astronauts #could #done

I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#bit #competition #competitive #country #good

There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the general education in engineering. Also, it was a very difficult and rigorous course. So, it made me strong and resourceful. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#area #astronaut #career #chemical #course

The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency. ↗

— Sally Ride

#case #during #emergency #goes #helps

I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through. ↗

— William Shatner

#astronauts #been #go #i #preparation

I think the best time to stare off into space is when you’re going 65 on a motorcycle, provided you’re wearing your astronaut’s helmet. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#fantasy #funny #motorcycle #space #funny

Different astronauts sleep in different ways. ↗

— Sally Ride

#different #different ways #sleep #ways

I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets. Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss UFOs. ↗

— Gordon Cooper

#believe #crews #discuss #i #i believe

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#back #called #cancelled #ended #got

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#astronaut #attractions #being #completely #flying