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" Hubble has really opened our eyes to what the universe is made of, its structure, and has helped us learn how little we know about the universe. "
John M. Grunsfeld
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" Going to Mars would make NASA great again. "
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" One of the things that happens in space is that there is a fluid shift. You get a lot of extra pressure, and it fills your sinuses, and the horseradish is a miracle worker for cleaning that out. "
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" I have dedicated my life to answering the great scientific questions of our time and to the incredible adventure of space exploration. "
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" Sciences are being unified by the search for life in the universe. "
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" The truth is, every single rocket launch off of planet Earth is risky. "
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" Life outside of Earth is probably going to be really hard to find. "
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" 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. "
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" Hubble isn't just a satellite; it's about humanity's quest for knowledge. "
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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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" I see no difference between scientific exploration and human exploration. "
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" We're being very careful that we don't send a spacecraft to Mars with the intention of detecting Martian life - and find out that we detected the Earth life that we took with us. "
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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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" The Martian atmosphere is very thin. It's like our atmosphere at 100,000 feet. "
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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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" I can't imagine anywhere I'd rather be than outside the space shuttle in my space suit next to the Hubble Space Telescope. "
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" If I could live in space, I would definitely do that. "
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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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" I think that space exploration as a broad activity is the most important things that humans can do. I've always found it fascinating, interesting, compelling, and I have a drive to go out into space. "
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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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" Getting a team of scientists on Mars could be transformative. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" To help enable the kind of science Hubble is performing makes my life worthwhile. "
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" Regardless of what dreams you have, work very hard, play very hard, and have fun. "
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" 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. "
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" When I first went to Hubble, as an astronomer and as a scientist, it was a dream come true. And as an astronaut, the Hubble missions are premiere missions because Hubble is so important to science, so important to humanity, that it's just a very special event. But as an astronomer, it was sort of the holy grail of missions. "
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" The best would be to fly in space with family and friends. "
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