Michael Griffin Quotes (40 Quotes)

This is not about new money, ... This is about a budget which keeps NASA ... approximately where it is today.

This architecture allows us global lunar access, ... Many of the most interesting places on the Moon are situated well off the equator.

This time, it was Michoud's turn to take a bullet for the team,

We're talking about returning to the Moon in 2018. There will be a lot more hurricanes and a lot more other natural disasters to befall the United States and the world in that time, I hope none worse than Katrina,

NASA appreciates the efforts of Congress to resolve restrictions placed on our partnership with Russia. Congress' action helps to ensure the continuous presence of U. S. astronauts on the International Space Station.

vision for space exploration.

The legislation passed by Congress reflects the U.S. government's continuing commitment to nonproliferation objectives but also recognizes the value of international cooperation in space exploration.

We focused on redefining the station assembly sequence in fact to concentrate on assembly, and we are largely deferring utilization and we are paring logistics to the bone. We don't like that, but confronted with a choice between having a high confidence to be able to complete the assembly of the station and deferring utilization, or utilizing it heavily as we built it and possibly not finishing, we chose the former course.

We're going to land one way or another, one place or another, and all we're talking about is where.

To make a decision to work in the field of space science is almost the ultimate in delayed gratification.

We at NASA are seeking relief from the (law), which after April next year would preclude cooperation with Russia in relation to certain aspects

We are giving ourselves what we hope is plenty of time to evaluate where we are, ... We don't see the tasks remaining before us being as difficult as the path behind us.

He is the best of the best, and we have been fortunate to have his steady hand at NASA's helm during the most troubled period in NASA's history.

Let me be clear. The primary objective for the next several years is to develop a new vehicle for lower orbit and beyond, following the orderly retirement of the space shuttle.

What we have ahead of us represents a challenge significantly greater than when we first went to the moon.

It was wonderful it was magnificent it was beautiful.

The decision was to put together an assembly sequence that allows us high confidence that we will finish the space station by the time the shuttle is retired.

If next week the guys have a eureka moment on the foam and spot why this big chunk came off and they say, 'OK now we understand it, we truly understand,' and tell us why and we buy it, and the next tank doesn't have this problem, then we'll go forward.

It is important for our employees within NASA to understand that they can appeal a decision by their management. There is a path for everyone to appeal a decision that he or she believes is wrong, and there will be no retribution for appealing.

We have substantial schedule slack at this point, almost a full year. So we would have to have substantial difficulties that we do not now envision in maintaining our flight rate in order to start any consideration of contingency plans.

Think of it as Apollo on steroids. But understand, we did not set out to make it look like Apollo.

This is a sad day for NASA. ... But also one of renewed hope for the future of NASA's manned space flight program. The end of the Shuttle Program means that we will begin a new program that will be bigger better and more expensive than anything we have undertaken before. I'm proud of the people that have kept the shuttle going, but the Shuttle Program is done. Its time for the shuttle, like an old dog, to lie on the porch and let the younger dogs chase the rabbits.

The knowledge we gained was gained only through many, many losses. That is the perspective through which we must look at our losses in spaceflight.

It will be able to carry larger and heavier cargos into space and allow more people to stay on the moon for longer periods of time,

Returning to the moon and sustaining a presence there will demonstrate humans can survive on another world.

I'm pretty emotional. This is the most satisfying win since I've been here. Today was real fun. We were real excited for the game. Cory Farmer really stepped up for us everybody stepped up. I'm so happy that we get to go to Kansas City and represent UIS.

If you spend much time on this stuff and aviation accidents, a common theme is that of not listening to the signals the hardware is sending - the test results, the flight results, the dissenting opinions of the people involved.

The requirement to live off the land will be crucial to our future in space, just as it was to Lewis and Clark.

We plan on working out together three or four times a week. Year-round baseball is something we can do here.

This has been a big year for us. We set some goals for ourselves at the beginning of the year, and we accomplished those goals.

I felt a lot more comfortable this season, and I think we played much better as a team. My job wasn't just to look for my own shot, but to get everyone else involved so we could win games.

It is fantastically interesting to me to have a chance, maybe within my lifetime, for scientists to see up-close what those objects look like and to begin our reconnaissance of that region of space.

We may not be able to make the exact completion date that we desire, ... But we will complete it.

I will be visiting Stennis and the Michoud Assembly Facility soon to talk with our people.

Going well beyond Apollo, we seek the ability to land and conduct exploration activities anywhere on the moon, including on the far side or in the polar regions,

The space program has had no better friend in its entire existence than Tom DeLay. He's still with us and we need to keep him there.

The administration remains committed to the vision for space exploration it has announced.

The Chinese have offered an opportunity ... to discuss cooperation.

We're supposed to be a team, ... Team chemistry this year, baby.

It is entirely appropriate for the administration to announce or espouse whatever political views they have. It is not appropriate for scientists at an executing federal executive agency to be required to adjust, skew, alter, or frame the tone of their scientific work to fit any particular political agenda.