After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
Having the benefit to our society, not only here in the United States but throughout the world with the amount of invention you get from having a space program, is well worth the risk that an individual like myself has to take by flying in the vehicle. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
He's working a lot harder than I am. I tell these people that we really appreciate what they're doing for us. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in a program where I went to graduate school first and then to the Naval Test Pilots School. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
The first two missions have some test objectives, some new capabilities that we're going to try to develop on orbit to possibly be used on later flights. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
There's been a lot of discussion about NASA culture and changing that. I think our culture has always been one of trying to do a very difficult job and do it well. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0
Well, I have an undergraduate degree, a couple of bachelor's degrees, from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Mark Kelly Musician More Mark Kelly Quotes 0