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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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" 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. "

John M. Grunsfeld

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Know

Sun

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

" It's pretty amazing to me that we have had a space shuttle program that's lasted for 30 years - for one space shuttle. That's quite an achievement. "

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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. "

" There is no stronger case for the motivational power of real science than the discoveries that come from the Hubble Space Telescope as it unravels the mysteries of the universe. "

" Sciences are being unified by the search for life in the universe. "

John M. Grunsfeld

Sciences

Universe

" As soon as I could ride a bike... I was always riding over to the Museum of Science and Industry to explore. It's where I first began to develop a fascination with machines and scientific principles. "

" Once we get beyond Mars, which formed from the same stuff as Earth, the likelihood that life is similar to what we find on this planet is very low. "

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

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

" Our country... invests a tiny fraction of 1 percent in NASA, and this is what's so amazing to me, is with that small investment, we do so much for the country. "

John M. Grunsfeld

Small

Investment

" What we do at NASA is inspiring. It's reaching, it's visionary, and it inspires people on Earth to try hard things. "

" Hubble uniquely has been able to look in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a nearby star and figure out what's in that atmosphere. "

" The James Webb Space Telescope was specifically designed to see the first stars and galaxies that were formed in the universe. So we're gonna see the snapshot of when stars started. When galaxies started. The very first moments of the universe. And my bet? There's gonna be some big surprises. "

" The biggest honor is to be an astronaut. It's such a tremendous privilege to be able to represent humankind in our quest to explore space. "

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

" At the age of six, I declared that I wanted to be an astronaut. My mother thought that was just fine, as it would encourage me to learn science, and besides, there really was no chance I would ever actually become an astronaut. "

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

" I got lucky and got assigned to Hubble. "

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

" We don't know how many planets we're going to have to examine before we find life, and not finding it on 10 or 100 doesn't mean it's not there. This may be very tricky. "

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

" The first thing to know about space food - it is the ambiance; it is the environment. It is not the food. "

" Our journey in going beyond our home planet is a human endeavor, and in the greatest tradition of exploration, past, present, and future spacefarers will continue to be enduring catalysts for inspiration in our quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe. "

" The '60s were a remarkable time because several things were happening at once. Men were leaving planet Earth, kids were breaking into the television age, and I was able to see Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. "

" There's no question that if we stay on planet Earth and never leave, that eventually we'll be wiped out. "

" There are some things worthy of risking your life for. "

" The most striking thing to me about human space flight and my own personal experience is that I've seen dramatic changes on Earth. We humans are rapidly changing the planet. I've watched Amazonia as the rainforest has been cut down. That's something I've seen out the window. I'm very worried about that. "

John M. Grunsfeld

Window

Space

" The things I like to do involve a lot of mental focus, a combination of physical and mental challenge. That is what mountain climbing is. "

John M. Grunsfeld

Mental

Challenge

" To help enable the kind of science Hubble is performing makes my life worthwhile. "