31 Quotes by John L. Phillips

For me, one of the high points is the internal build up of the space station with new laboratory equipment.

This will be an important test in detecting recurrence of bladder cancer, ... People who have been treated now require years of expensive follow-up. If that could be avoided by having one negative telomerase test, the test would be worthwhile. Right now we are not able to do that with any other test.

We need to do all that we can to conserve energy in accordance with the request from the governor and in the best interest of those directly affected by the hurricane,

It's been a great adventure, everything I hoped for, ... But it's time to go home. I miss my family. I miss the Earth.

Hopefully, if you continue studies and your interest in space, we'll see you at NASA in another 10 years.

We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientific work.

There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.

Since the Columbia accident, the Russian space agency, or the Russian space program, has been literally carrying the load bringing us all the supplies we need on the Progress vehicle, smaller amounts on the Soyuz vehicles.

If I wasn't doing this kind of exploration, I'd like to be doing some other kind of exploration. It might be more risky, or less risky, but, in the business of exploration, risk is part of the territory.