65 Quotes by Michael Griffin


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    This is a sad day for NASA. ... But also one of renewed hope for the future of NASA's manned space flight program. The end of the Shuttle Program means that we will begin a new program that will be bigger better and more expensive than anything we have undertaken before. I'm proud of the people that have kept the shuttle going, but the Shuttle Program is done. Its time for the shuttle, like an old dog, to lie on the porch and let the younger dogs chase the rabbits.

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    This is not about new money, ... This is about a budget which keeps NASA ... approximately where it is today.

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    Think of it as Apollo on steroids, ... Unless the U.S. wants to get out of manned spaceflight completely, this is the vehicle we need to be building.

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    Think of it as Apollo on steroids. But understand, we did not set out to make it look like Apollo.

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    This has been a big year for us. We set some goals for ourselves at the beginning of the year, and we accomplished those goals.

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    There will be a lot more hurricanes and a lot more other natural disasters to befall the United States and the world in that time, I hope none worse than Katrina,

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    The requirement to live off the land will be crucial to our future in space, just as it was to Lewis and Clark.

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