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The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its environment, how it ages-and what to design next time.
Eileen Collins -
Discovery is in absolutely great shape. I'm pretty confident about the entry into the atmosphere and I'm thinking about the landing.
Eileen Collins
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Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that wayWe fly for our country, we fly for humanity, we fly for exploration, we fly for a variety of reasons, and we don't stop flying because we have accidents.
Eileen Collins -
This is a wonderful moment for all of us to experience.
Eileen Collins -
I've been in your shoes many times so I understand.
Eileen Collins -
We reflect on the last shuttle mission , the great ship Columbia and her inspiring crew.
Eileen Collins -
I can honestly say that in my job day to day, I'm not really aware that there's any difference between male and female crew members. It may be cool to the rest of the world that a woman is the commander of this flight. I think that's great.
Eileen Collins -
I don't think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove.
Eileen Collins
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I think about the Columbia crew every day. I feel like we are carrying on their mission.
Eileen Collins -
It's just been a wild ride. We've finally been able to put the icing on the cake with this mission.
Eileen Collins -
Houston, Discovery, wheels are down. We're all happy to be back again.
Eileen Collins -
We're going to enjoy another day on orbit and we'll see you on Earth tomorrow.
Eileen Collins -
In some ways I feel sad about leaving NASA, but the reality is, I won't fly again.
Eileen Collins -
Whether your commander is a man or woman doesn't really matter when it comes to getting your mission done.
Eileen Collins
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We have had a fantastic mission. We are so glad to come back and be able to say it's a success.
Eileen Collins -
Our flight is the next flight of many in the human exploration of the universe.
Eileen Collins -
You guys made the right decision. We're going to enjoy another orbit.
Eileen Collins -
I had been gone from my family and I sort of want to make it up to them this summer and spend a good summer with my family.
Eileen Collins -
The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air - we need to protect what we have.
Eileen Collins -
We made the best decision based on what we knew at the time.
Eileen Collins
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Had we listened a little bit more and paid attention to the hardware that was talking to us, we probably could have prevented the accident. We need to learn from the mistakes we made ... I am continually reminding myself that we're in a dangerous business.
Eileen Collins -
We are ready for whatever we need to do.
Eileen Collins -
Because of Amelia Earhart, we had more women available to fly in the 1940's to help us get through World War II. And because of these women, women of my generation are able to look back and say, 'Hey, they did it. They even flew military airplanes, we can do it, too.'
Eileen Collins -
I was quite nervous about whether I could throw out the ball and hit it spot on. He didn't even have to move to catch it. I was quite happy.
Eileen Collins