Category: astronaut
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has ‘seen someone else do something’ before one can achieve it. Maybe that’s true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
Mae Jemison
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
Mae Jemison
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I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
Neil Armstrong
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
Mae Jemison
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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
Neil Armstrong
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I’d love to go into space again if there were a mission to Mars. I’d also love to go to a completely different planetary system, out of our solar system.
Mae Jemison
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What I’m very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
Mae Jemison
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I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through.
Mae Jemison
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I think we know how to do Mars.
Mae Jemison
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.
Neil Armstrong