“Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.”
– William Burroughs, Author (1914 – 1997)
“Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.”
– William Burroughs, Author (1914 – 1997)
”I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.”
– Neil Armstrong (1930 – 2012) on looking back at the Earth from the Moon in July 1969
“The wise man looks into space and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big, for he knows that, there is no limit to dimensions.”
– 莊子 Zhūangzi (369 BC – 286 BC)
“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light.
The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”
– Tahereh Mafi, from her book “Shatter Me”
Happy 2014 everyone!
“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”
– Anaïs Nin (1903 – 1977)
“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
– Stephen Hawking (1942), quoted from Der Spiegel (17 October 1988)
“All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.”
– Carl Sagan (1934 – 1996)
“Failure is not an option.”
– Gene Kranz, spoken when he was fight director during the near-tragic incident of the Apollo 13 mission.
“I love to revel in philosophical matters—especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect slave to it. I am at it all the time. I have got more smoked glass than clothes. I am as familiar with the stars as the comets are. I know all the facts and figures and have all the knowledge there is concerning them. I yelp astronomy like a sun-dog, and paw the constellations like Ursa Major.“
– Mark Twain (1835-1910), in a letter to the San Francisco Alta California newspaper, 1 August 1869.
“There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program – your tax-dollar will go further.”
– Wernher von Braun (1912 – 1977)