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NASA Quotes

Space agency stories, on and off the launch pad.

This collection of NASA quotes ranges from international partnerships around a space station to everyday technologies like GPS that trace back to broader space investment. For more on capability, see our Ability quotes.

And since Italy was involved in the space station as well as signed an agreement with NASA. And when the possibility to enter the 1996 Mission Specialist class.

Quotes by Umberto Guidoni

Floyd Thompson, a white man, desegregated NASA. Period.

Quotes by Theodore Melfi

The fact is this: NASA was desegregated by a white male. NASA was not desegregated by a black male. NASA was not desegregated by white women.

Quotes by Theodore Melfi

All the NASA footage is in the public domain, and it's so beautiful; it's really stunning.

Quotes by Stephanie Savage

Ability Quotes

Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.

Quotes by Sally Ride

The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.

Quotes by Robert Zubrin

Would offering the Mars Prize damage NASA? I don't think so.

Quotes by Robert Zubrin

The U.S. federal government may be going broke, but it's not because of NASA.

Quotes by Robert Zubrin

Trillions of dollars in out-of-control entitlement spending cannot be remedied by cuts in NASA, or even in the entire discretionary budget, defense included. Rather, the financial bleeding needs to be staunched where the hole is and nowhere else.

Quotes by Robert Zubrin

Agency Quotes

If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years.

Quotes by Robert Ballard

I was working with stem cells as part of a NASA programme. We realised that the science of stem-cell proliferation was also fundamental to cancer cells when cancer enters the phase of metastasis.

Quotes by Patrick Soon-Shiong

Space in general gave us GPS - that's not specifically NASA, but it's investments in space.

Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.

Quotes by Nancy Roman

My dad worked at NASA his whole career; he's a research scientist.

Quotes by Margot Lee Shetterly

Annual Quotes

NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage.

Quotes by Marc Garneau

In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle.

Quotes by Marc Garneau

In 2010 and 2012, I won the Democratic nomination in the 22nd Congressional District on the program 'Save NASA Impeach Obama,' without any organizational or financial backing from the party.

Quotes by Kesha Rogers

I have had the privilege to be a member of many high-performance teams at NASA, both on and off the planet.

Quotes by John M. Grunsfeld

Going to Mars would make NASA great again.

Quotes by John M. Grunsfeld

Assure Quotes

I take the NASA physical every year.

Quotes by Jim Lovell

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does this topic cover international space cooperation?
Yes, one quote recalls a country's involvement with the space station and a related agreement with NASA that opened up a mission specialist opportunity.
Is GPS connected to NASA in this topic?
One quote clarifies that GPS came from broader space investment rather than NASA specifically, adding useful nuance to a common assumption.
What does the quote about titles describe?
It recalls having to start using a professional title at NASA just to get past secretaries and be taken seriously in the workplace.
Does this topic touch on workplace barriers at NASA?
Yes, one quote makes a pointed claim about which group is credited with first desegregating NASA, offering a contested historical perspective.
How does this topic connect to Ability quotes?
Since NASA's story is largely about pushing capability further, our Ability quotes are a fitting companion read.

Other lines recall needing a professional title just to be taken seriously at NASA, alongside contested accounts of who first broke barriers there. Pair this with our Agency and Annual quotes.