12 Quotes by Kirk Shireman

We're in negotiations with our Russian partners. We're confident that as time progresses we'll be able to come to an agreement that's amenable to both us and the Russians.

When they heat treated it ... they got about 100 degrees hotter than they were supposed to get and because of that, it caused this change in the metal. You wouldn't want to hook one of these tethers to a piece of material you are not confident in.

We can return to the moon and ultimately to Mars.

We do lose things occasionally on board the space station. There are a lot of places. There are little nooks and crannies and oh by the way, things don't stay where you put them. They float away. You put them in a rack, but that doesn't mean it doesn't float behind something else.

We are certainly 'no go' now, but we are working very hard to be in a 'go' position.

Either we'll find them, or we'll launch more.

Between us and our Russian partners, we're going to do the right thing.

It's essentially a guillotine. It's really important that we fix this before we can use the mobile transporter.

It's unfortunate but we do lose things occasionally on the space station. There are lots of nooks and crannies, and ... things don't stay where you put them. They float away.