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

John M. Grunsfeld

Look

Out

Planet

" 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. "

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

" Going to Mars would make NASA great again. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

John M. Grunsfeld

Sciences

Universe

" I got lucky and got assigned to Hubble. "

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

" The only reason Hubble works is because we have a space shuttle. "

" 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. "

" Being an astronaut, there are not a lot of things that have really shocked me in my life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We need to move off the planet. And Mars is the next best place. "

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

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

" I see no difference between scientific exploration and human exploration. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The Hubble Space Telescope is more than remarkable. It has answered just so many of those fundamental questions that people have been asking about the cosmos since people were able to ask questions. "

John M. Grunsfeld

Space

Questions

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

" 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

" The strangest thing I've found is that when I got to space, I felt more comfortable in space that I've ever been on Earth before. I just felt this is my home. "

John M. Grunsfeld

Comfortable

Home

" 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. "

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