Politicians and the government have become too interested in short-term gains. Of course, if you look at the direct financial returns in the short term, human space flight is expensive. But they need to look longer term. – Helen Sharman
My first date was with Endeavour, and my last date is going to be with Endeavour, as far as space shuttles are concerned. – Gregory H. Johnson
I think, as journalists, we sometimes are afraid to enter into the emotional lives and the complications of the lives of the people we write about – we don’t really have the space and the room to deal with those things. But as a novelist, that’s precisely what you’re writing about. – Hector Tobar
Not until the space shuttle started flying did NASA concede that some astronauts didn’t have to be fast-jet pilots. And at that point, sure enough, women started becoming astronauts. – Henry Spencer
The way the Establishment deals with people like me is to ignore them. When you become unignorable, they will try to smear you, and that’s what I feared for a long time. Now I have somehow vaulted into this space where it’s difficult for someone to smear me because it would look as though they were being vindictive and spiteful. – Heather Brooke
Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward. – Henry Rollins
While American football is very structured and linear and static – where everyone lines up, and there’s a burst, and it happens – soccer is like the cosmos. It’s like constellations. It’s bodies moving in space. It’s a very spherical game. – Gabriel Luna
When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement. – Henry Rollins
In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can’t help but want your own space. – Helena Bonham Carter
But I have to add – and this answers your other question – this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel. – Hans Kung
We call the fates of the Titanic and the Concordia – as well as those of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia – ‘accidents.’ Foreseeing such undesirable events is what engineers are expected to do. However, design trade-offs leave technological systems open to failings once predicted, but later forgotten. – Henry Petroski
We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another. – Henry L. Stimson
Because there is a larger awareness that transcends time and space, an awareness is available after death. – Henry Reed
The government only makes restrictive rules, they don’t show you what to do so you know, OK, here’s where we need this many apartments, with open space, playgrounds, kindergartens. – Harry Seidler
Supplying fuel for a Mars expedition from the lunar surface is often suggested, but it’s hard to make it pay off – Moon bases are expensive, and just buying more rockets to launch fuel from Earth is relatively cheap. – Henry Spencer
For me, what takes up most of the space in my closet are suits. I wear a lot of suits and jackets. But I think every man needs a black suit at home. You can never go wrong in a black suit. But in terms of style, I think it’s about being comfortable in what you wear. – Henrik Lundqvist
Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult – you’ve got to build up to them and make sure you’re in the right emotional space. – Holliday Grainger
Working away from my husband for long periods is good and bad. It stops us taking each other for granted and gives us space, but I miss him terribly. – Helen Mirren
You don’t go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it’s the human endeavour. – Helen Sharman
People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them. – Helen Sharman
You can do more science on the ground than you can in space for the same amount of money. But there is some science you can not do on the ground. – Helen Sharman
Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it’s usually violent and spectacular. – Henry Spencer
Dennis the Menace was probably the most realistic comic book ever done. No space aliens ever invaded! – Gilbert Hernandez
The building of the International Space Station is something wonderful, and it will show us how to take the next step beyond low-Earth orbit. – Gregory H. Johnson
I still dream about being on the space station with the feeling of being weightless. The weightlessness is the most amazing, relaxing and natural feeling. – Helen Sharman
I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them ‘little tombs’ and keep them in a storage space… I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before! – Halle Berry