Eileen Collins Quotes
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I believe the gap fillers are similar to what we had seen in previous flights.
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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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Whether your commander is a man or woman doesn't really matter when it comes to getting your mission done.
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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've been in your shoes many times so I understand.
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We reflect on the last shuttle mission , the great ship Columbia and her inspiring crew.
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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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We made the best decision based on what we knew at the time.
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Houston, Discovery, wheels are down. We're all happy to be back again.
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We have definitely accomplished all our mission objectives.
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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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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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You guys made the right decision. We're going to enjoy another orbit.
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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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I wish I could come back up here whenever I wanted.
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OK, Houston we copy that. We'll be a wave off for today.
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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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Our flight is the next flight of many in the human exploration of the universe.
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In some ways I feel sad about leaving NASA, but the reality is, I won't fly again.
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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.'