We could prove an epoch-making planetary exploration through autonomous navigation and guidance, and stand foremost in the world in deep space exploration technology.
Junichiro Kawaguchi
Related Part of what drives us to explore and discover is the intangible: expanding our horizons, feeding ou... NANCY ATKINSON While human spaceflight is certainly compelling – and it has always been a big part of my reportin... NANCY ATKINSON The state of technology (for undersea exploration) is still in its infancy, ... We have 90 years and... MARC REAGAN Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information te... BOB BARR The Deep Flight Challenger technology is a game-changer for ocean exploration. GRAHAM HAWKES Born too late to explore the world, born too early too explore the universe. INTERNET MEME PROVERB Bringing an asteroid back to Earth? What's that have to do with space exploration? If we were mo... BUZZ ALDRIN We need to develop such technologies that will not only help in NASA's planetary exploration but als... RAM PRASAD humanity should continue and make further progress in space exploration. 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ANGELA PHILLIPS DIAZ There are often evolutionary parallels on the different worlds because creation tends to be economic... JULIAN MAY It showed that our country was capable of making a scientific discovery of global importance. We for... ALEXEI LEONOV I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awa... DANA ROHRABACHER Through our conscious expansion and exploration of SELF we gain the true insight to the riches of th... WILIAM CONSTANTINE Planetary exploration satisfies our inclination for great enterprises and wanderings and quests that... CARL SAGAN The moon is 380,000 kilometers away from the earth. Sending the satellite there is a test of China's... LUAN ENJIE We are primarily buying an exploration company - with huge exploration area compared to the actual p... EIVIND REITEN The exploration for oil and gas off our shores can play a role in making energy more affordable and ... ANDER CRENSHAW Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great res... VALENTINA TERESHKOVA The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploratio... JOS The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploratio... JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET NSS is delighted to support the New Horizons mission by helping to share this exciting milestone in ... BRUCE PITTMAN Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze. CARL SAGAN Curiosity is the essence of human existence and exploration has been part of humankind for a long ti... GENE CERNAN We need new medical approaches to preventing and/or curing disease. We need new scientific approache... FRED WILSON He continues to stand behind that as an appropriate balance between incentives for exploration and d... BECKY HULTBERG Point-to-point transit via low orbit could dramatically speed up international flights, connecting t... BEN PARR Everyone, red state, blue state, everyone supports space exploration. BILL NYE The Robotic Lunar Exploration Program is a critical element of NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. ... SCOTT HOROWITZ Like most scientists, we felt that in the past human space exploration had been driven by politics a... FRANK CLOSE As we continue to explore the universe, we are proud that NASA's pioneering efforts keep fueling Ame... DAVID MORSE We're in the space exploration business, and the outer solar system is a wild, wooly place. We h... ALAN STERN Every month we do a bold adventure. This is the golden age of space exploration. CHARLES ELACHI We are very pleased to have secured the exploration rights to this interesting block and to be parti... BRIAN HALL We are very pleased to have secured the exploration rights to this interesting block and to be parti... BRIAN HALL The wider educational, social and political benefits add justification to the substantial expenditur... DR JOHN DUDENEY We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements. ALFRED DE VIGNY You stop planetary exploration, those people who do that extraordinary work are going to have to go ... BILL NYE Small-mindedness is extinguished through exploration. CARRIE TRIP We're doing it wrong, absolutely wrong! Miss Universe should be about Space Exploration, Miss World ... MANASA RAO You can't be on the cusp of innovation and at the forefront of technology if you're wearing ... GWYNNE SHOTWELL We are very pleased to have secured the exploration rights to this interesting block and to be parti... BRIAN HALL Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil ... MERCER REYNOLDS I think even in bad times it's good to keep some money going into research. And that's the p... JOHN GLENN As far as I'm concerned, we just hit the ball out of the park. This is the Holy Grail of modern-day ... CAROLYN PORCO Each one was a hero. Their contribution to science and space exploration will never be forgotten. JEAN CHRETIEN I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to... SCOTT BAKULA Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns. CARL SAGAN I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in ... GUY PEARCE Exploration really is the essence of the human spirit, and to pause, to falter, to turn our back on ... FRANK BORMAN War and space exploration are alternative uses of the assertive, exploratory energies that are so ch... FRANK WHITE With the mission to Mars, the whole world wants to get involved. So we actually have 13 different sp... ELLEN STOFAN I am glad we have not yet been able to reach the stars or inhabitable planets that dance about them.... TOM ALTHOUSE People make their own fates, and if enough of us make our fate to be space explorers, perhaps we can... ROBERT ZUBRIN Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as ... EUGENE CERNAN Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as ... GENE CERNAN Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration; just think how many bombs that would buy! CRAIG BRUCE They could be the watering holes and fuel stations for future interplanetary exploration. DON YEOMANS Since, in the long run, every planetary civilization will be endangered by impacts from space, every... CARL SAGAN We didn't seek this out, but after an in-depth exploration, it made sense for us. DANYS BAEZ Any misstep in human spaceflight could spell a very long hiatus in human-driven exploration in the U... COURTNEY STADD The detection of these new interacting rings and moons will help us better understand how planetary ... JENNIFER WISEMAN Retain the vision for space exploration. If we turn our backs on the vision again, we're going t... BUZZ ALDRIN I've completed half of my space training at Space City in Moscow. I love adventure, and I've... BRIAN BLESSED The affection of parents makes infants feel safe in this dangerous world, and gives them boldness in... BERTRAND RUSSELL Infinities are not for casual exploration. You could fall and keep falling. You could get lost. LAINI TAYLOR We are currently targeting exciting exploration benefits in the Orange Basin offshore South Africa a... ANDREW FISHER I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there f... WALLY SCHIRRA We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space... JAMES LOVELOCK Imagine hoisting a sail and being out there in space. It's a beautiful idea, and it conjures up the ... LOUIS FRIEDMAN The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possibl... WARREN ELLIS Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever. KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY The partisanship surrounding space exploration and the retrenching of U.S. space policy are part of ... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us... RICHARD DAWKINS The strong support for space exploration in the Congress is very welcome, especially at a time when ... LOUIS FRIEDMAN I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of thi... MAE JEMISON Hard systems are everything we're using right now - computers, phones, planes, the clothes you... ALLAN SAVORY India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we ca... ATAL VAJPAYEE India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we ca... ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reas... HELEN SHARMAN We will be aggressive in exploration, but it depends on rig supply. HILMI PANIGORO We hold the future still timidly, but perceive it for the first time as a function of our own action... J.D. BERNAL The American and Russian capabilities in space science and technology mesh; they interdigitate. Each... CARL SAGAN NASA spent millions of dollars inventing the ball-point pen so they could write in space. The Russia... WILL CHABOT If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason - and with a realistic understanding tha... CARL SAGAN Rocket ships are exciting but so are roses on a birthday. LEONARD NIMOY As we have for 30 years, Unisys supports NASA in its dedication to advancing aeronautics research an... GREG BARONI This is really a golden age of space exploration and discovery. But I can't go there with my field b... JAMES DOHM The legislation passed by Congress reflects the U.S. government's continuing commitment to nonprolif... MICHAEL GRIFFIN Is manned space exploration important? Yes - not least because it simply works much better than send... HENRY SPENCER If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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