Space is dangerous. It's what we do here. If you want to play it safe all the time, go join an insurance company.

Think they’re going to forget that?”“You asked my opinion. Don’t like it? Go fuck yourself.”“You’re such a delicate flower, Annie. How’d you end up NASA’s director of media relations?”“Beats the fuck out of me,” Annie said.

With today's work, I'm about one-fourth of the way through the whole cut. At least, one-fourth of the way through the drilling. Then I'll have 759 little chunks to chisel out. And I'm not sure how well carbon composite is going to take that. But NASA'll do it a thousand times back on Earth and tell me the best way to get it done.

FUCK!” Annie Montrose said. “You have got to be fucking kidding me!