Space Shuttle Quotes

• When Russians were having troubles, the Space Shuttle supported the Space Station Mir bringing up much needed supplies and replacements, critical spares, really. That they were able to keep their space station going for much longer than they would have without us. So, I think that shows the value of international cooperation.

  

  Leroy Chiao
  • Up
  • Space
  • Value

• If you think about the energy that a rocket engine has to put out and all the fuel and you're sitting on top of like a bomb. And on the Space Shuttle, that big orange tank is filled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, the white cell rocket boosters on the sides are filled with solid propellant. There's a lot of energy in all those chemicals there and you've got to control it in a way so it doesn't explode. So, there's a lot of plumbing, a lot of valving, a lot of control systems, and it's a very complicated thing. So, how do you bring the price of that down?

  

  Leroy Chiao
  • Energy
  • Control
  • Space

• The Americans are still the leaders in human space flight. I feel we have a danger here of kind of stagnating. We're kind of resting on our laurels and there's a danger going forward if we don't take bold steps to really support human space flight in this country that we could fall behind. After the space shuttle is retired, we're going to have a big gap, five to seven years, at least where we're not going to have the ability to send our own astronauts into space, we'll have to buy rides on the Russian Soyuz, and so that will be a pretty big step down for us.

  

  Leroy Chiao
  • Country
  • Pretty
  • Support

• My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle.

  

  Eileen Collins
  • Fly
  • Thinks
  • My Daughter

• There are 2 million other parts on the space shuttle that are working perfectly right now.

  

  Eileen Collins
  • Working
  • Space Shuttle