Eileen collins Quotes (30 Quotes)

It s definitely not a big concern for me now . What we looked at during the inspection looked pretty good to us through the camera lenses.

We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go.

For many of us it's been four years since we trained for (this mission) and its been a wonderful experience.

Houston, Discovery, wheels are down. We're all happy to be back again.

I've been in your shoes many times so I understand.

Roger, we've been thinking about Edwards today.

It will be expensive, it will be risky and we will make mistakes as we go. But we will do it because we are explorers by nature.

We are in a recovery stage and were . . . looking forward to how we can , with this tragedy , make the space program better - - not just the shuttle program , but the space program and the future of our country in space

Had we listened a little bit more and paid attention to the hardware that was talking to us, we probably could have prevented the accident. We need to learn from the mistakes we made ... I am continually reminding myself that we're in a dangerous business.

Whether your commander is a man or woman doesn't really matter when it comes to getting your mission done.

I can honestly say that in my job day to day, I'm not really aware that there's any difference between male and female crew members. It may be cool to the rest of the world that a woman is the commander of this flight. I think that's great.

You guys made the right decision. We're going to enjoy another orbit.

Houston, we have a good deploy. Chandra is ready to open the eyes of X-ray astronomy to the world.

We're also taking up a lot of tools and equipment in the mid-deck.

We're going to enjoy another day on orbit and we'll see you on Earth tomorrow.

My dream, now, is that people will discover and invent new ways to fly higher, faster and farther and that someday humans will travel beyond our solar system.

I had been gone from my family and I sort of want to make it up to them this summer and spend a good summer with my family.

We made the best decision based on what we knew at the time.

This mission is a dream come true for all of us, not just to fly on the shuttle but to fly on this very important mission.

I have had a lot of thoughts about Columbia and I will have thoughts after the landing, We're all going to be very focused ... on the job at hand.

Ever since I was a small child , Id watch the gliders fly overhead

We are staying focused on the mission and we know we are in good hands with the people on the ground

We brought Discovery back in great shape. The crew was very anxious to walk around and see what the outside looks like and it looks fantastic.

This is a wonderful moment for all of us to experience.

The people that I have worked with have just been superb, just the finest professionals, people who truly love the space program.

It's just been a wild ride. We've finally been able to put the icing on the cake with this mission.

I wish I could come back here whenever I wanted to have these views. And also the rest of the world had the opportunity to come up here, but it is time to end the mission.

OK, Houston we copy that. We'll be a wave off for today.

Discovery is in absolutely great shape. I'm pretty confident about the entry (into the atmosphere) and I'm thinking about the landing.

Our flight is the next flight of many in the human exploration of the universe .