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" I can't imagine anywhere I'd rather be than outside the space shuttle in my space suit next to the Hubble Space Telescope. "

John M. Grunsfeld

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" I think it's really a sign of great American strength that we do invest the money we do in technology, in these hard projects, in NASA. "

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" Only by studying large numbers of people can we figure out, are astronauts dying at a higher rate of cancer, and what types of cancers, than other people? "

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" Absolutely the most fun thing to do in space and rewarding thing, in many ways, is to look back at planet Earth. "

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" I believe that the future of humans, and the future of Earth, depends on space exploration. That's not a French problem, or a problem for Alabama: it's a planet-wide problem. International cooperation is crucial. "

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" If I could live in space, I would definitely do that. "

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" As a young boy growing up on the South Side of Chicago, I was inspired by the nascent space age. "

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" Sometimes astronauts feel a little ill or get minor scrapes. I trained as a crew medical officer to do basic treatment. "

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" A lot of people get home from work and sink into a good chair, the place in their life where they feel most comfortable. I get that comfort in space, the place where I most feel like I belong. "

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" Are we alone? Many, many people on planet Earth want to know. We are on the cusp of being able to answer that question... because of the investments we're making in space technology. "

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" I have had the privilege to be a member of many high-performance teams at NASA, both on and off the planet. "

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" I'm absolutely compelled for NASA to send international astronauts to Mars to find out if Mars ever harbored life. "

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" I don't particularly want to jump out of an airplane with a parachute if I don't have to. I don't want to go bungee jumping. I like adventure with a real purpose that I can buy into. "

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" All space exploration is risky. As an astronaut, I had to decide each and every time I went to space whether or not to risk my life for the mission. "

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" The moon's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. "

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" Asteroid detection, tracking, and defense of our planet is something that NASA, its interagency partners, and the global community take very seriously. "

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" I look forward to working with the NASA team to help enable new discoveries in our quest to understand our home planet and unravel the mysteries of the universe. "

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" I'm an incurable romantic. But I'm not an adrenaline junkie. "

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" Small bodies in our solar system, like comets and asteroids, help us understand how the solar system formed and provide opportunities to advance exploration. "

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" Here we were, the only seven humans in space, repairing a telescope whose only purpose is to enrich the minds of people on planet Earth and increase our understanding of the workings of the universe. I can think of no better peaceful use of space for all humankind. "

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" I thrive with high-performance challenges in front of me. "

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" Getting a team of scientists on Mars could be transformative. "

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" When I grew up as a kid, we didn't know there were any other planets outside of our own solar system. It was widely speculated that planet formation was an incredibly rare event and that it's possible that other planets just don't exist in our galaxy, and it's just this special situation where we happen to have planets around our sun. "

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" InSight will get to the 'core' of the nature of the interior and structure of Mars, well below the observations we've been able to make from orbit or the surface. "

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" The best would be to fly in space with family and friends. "

John M. Grunsfeld

" The team at the Space Telescope Science Institute has a demonstrated record of meeting the high-performance challenges of operating the Hubble Space Telescope and preparing for the James Webb Space Telescope. "

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" Hubble isn't just a satellite; it's about humanity's quest for knowledge. "

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" The truth is, every single rocket launch off of planet Earth is risky. "

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" When people left on the Oregon Trail from St. Louis, they knew that only a fraction of them would make it to the West Coast. But they went anyway. "

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" A deep ocean under the icy crust of Ganymede opens up further exciting possibilities for life beyond Earth. "

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" When I grew up on the south side of Chicago, it was kind of a rough neighborhood, and when my parents saw the prospect of my older sister going to middle school, high school, they decided that we would move to the north side of Chicago, Highland Park, and for me, that was a whole new ballgame. "

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