Eileen Collins Quotes
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I think about the Columbia crew every day. I feel like we are carrying on their mission.
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This mission is a dream come true for all of us, not just to fly on the shuttle but to fly on this very important mission.
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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.
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We have definitely accomplished all our mission objectives.
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Discovery is in absolutely great shape. I'm pretty confident about the entry into the atmosphere and I'm thinking about the landing.
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Whether your commander is a man or woman doesn't really matter when it comes to getting your mission done.
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Houston, Discovery, wheels are down. We're all happy to be back again.
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We reflect on the last shuttle mission , the great ship Columbia and her inspiring crew.
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We made the best decision based on what we knew at the time.
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I've been in your shoes many times so I understand.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This is a wonderful moment for all of us to experience.
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You guys made the right decision. We're going to enjoy another orbit.
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OK, Houston we copy that. We'll be a wave off for today.
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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.
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I wish I could come back up here whenever I wanted.
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We're going to enjoy another day on orbit and we'll see you on Earth tomorrow.
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I don't think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove.
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Our flight is the next flight of many in the human exploration of the universe.
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We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go.
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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.
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I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure.