180 Quotes About Space-exploration

A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being?

Досить часто мене запитують, як вплинуло перебування на орбіті на після польотне сприйняття земного буття. У зв’язку з цим хочу наголосити, що саме унікальні враження від Землі та Космосу сформували особливе після космічне сприйняття дійсності, переконання в єдності двох різних світів — Землі і Космосу. Погляд на Землю збоку дав можливість наочно упевнитися в цілісності біосфери як середовища для існування біологічного життя на нашій планеті, відчути особливу відповідальність за неї.

We are in the process of finding out what filling the sky with hundreds of thousands of satellites does to all life on Earth.

The American and Russian capabilities in space science and technology mesh; they interdigitate. Each is strong where the other is weak. This is a marriage made in heaven - but one that has been surprisingly difficult to consummate.

And in that moment, I was hit with the realization that this delicate layer of atmosphere is all that protects every living thing on Earth from perishing in the harshness of space.

Everyone I have spoken with about working with the Russians in space exploration believes that the United States has learned a great deal from Russia and that Russia has learned a great deal from the United States – and that the entire international space partnership is much better because of it.

NASA spent millions of dollars inventing the ball-point pen so they could write in space. The Russians took a pencil.

On Titan the molecules that have been raining down like manna from heaven for the last 4 billion years might still be there largely unaltered deep-frozen awaiting the chemists from Earth

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.