25 Quotes by David Mackay

In any aircraft you fly, you always think about what can go wrong, and you plan for it in advance. You always have back-up plans.

I have watched SS2 evolve over the years into an incredible vehicle that is going to open up space to more people than ever before.

By my mid-30s, I just thought, 'This is not going to happen. I am never going to become an astronaut in the U.K.'

I can still remember them wheeling the black and white TV sets into our classroom at school so we could watch the men landing on the Moon, and that obviously had a huge impact. I later found out those people flying Apollo were ex-military test pilots, so I decided to join the Air Force and become a test pilot.

I am not going to pretend that flying a spaceship will be as safe as getting in a 747 with four engines for a flight across the Atlantic.

I cannot wait to get up there and experience space travel for the first time. It will be a dream come true.

I do have a bit of a fear of heights. But I don't get scared of heights when I am flying a plane.