Category: astronaut
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Research is creating new knowledge.
Neil Armstrong
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NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It’s sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.
Neil Armstrong
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I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.
Neil Armstrong
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I’m not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe.
Mae Jemison
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That’s what ignites the imagination.
Mae Jemison
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The drills we do, where you’re telling kids to memorize things, don’t actually work. What works is engaging them and letting them do things and discover things.
Mae Jemison
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Sometimes parents squash students’ interests because they are afraid of science or math. So they don’t participate. You don’t have to know the answers to engage kids; you just have to let them know it’s important.
Mae Jemison
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A big part of engaging kids in science is not getting the single, correct answer; it’s being willing to work with students to discover the correct answer.
Mae Jemison
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I believe the biggest impediment we have right now with going to Mars is public commitment. More people need to see themselves as a part of space travel; we need to see more inclusiveness.
Mae Jemison
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Neil Armstrong