65 Quotes by Michael Griffin

We're going to try as hard as we can to get back in space this year because we have a big construction project we're working on and we need the shuttle to do it, ... So, we're going to try as hard as we can, but we're not going to go until we're ready to go.

What we're really developing is the shuttle's successor, ... The CEV is designed to go to low-Earth orbit.

We believe this venture safer and more affordable than any other spaceflight ventures that the U.S. has had,

We're going to land one way or another, one place or another, and all we're talking about is where.

Let me be clear. The primary objective for the next several years is to develop a new vehicle for lower orbit and beyond, following the orderly retirement of the space shuttle.

Much of it looks the same, ... It's a significant advancement over Apollo.

My heart goes out to all the people affected by this hurricane, ... I will be visiting Stennis and the Michoud Assembly Facility soon to talk with our people.

Returning to the moon and sustaining a presence there will demonstrate humans can survive on another world.

If we launch without setback, 16 (shuttle) flights are required to assemble the ISS and we'll finish sometime early in fiscal 2010, so we have, we believe, substantial schedule margin, to complete our job.