Best quotes by Helen Sharman on Space

Checkout quotes by Helen Sharman on Space

• ‟ When the history books are written in a thousand years, when space travel would have become routine, the moment that humans first left Earth will be of huge importance. Star City is a central part of this story and it deserves more recognition.

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• ‟ From space, the earth appears predominantly blue; the clouds are brilliant white. Surprisingly, you don't see much green, although Ireland looks green, and so do Scandinavia and New Zealand. The deserts are brick red and really stand out.

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• ‟ You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.

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• ‟ The view from space is really very special. From the window, you can look back at the Earth and see the stars around you. I just hope that more people from Britain get the chance to experience it.

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• ‟ I still dream about being on the space station with the feeling of being weightless. The weightlessness is the most amazing, relaxing and natural feeling.

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• ‟ I don't classify myself as the first space tourist because I wasn't as though I paid and had a holiday out of it - although I had a fab time.

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• ‟ Politicians and the government have become too interested in short-term gains. Of course, if you look at the direct financial returns in the short term, human space flight is expensive. But they need to look longer term.

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• ‟ People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

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• ‟ There is good science you can do in space. There is stuff there you cannot do on Earth and we can gain understanding from it.

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• ‟ I had been lucky that my physiology is well suited to space training.

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• ‟ I hope there will be continued U.K. investment in human spaceflight to enable Britain to benefit from space travel in the longer term and that many more Britons - women and men - will travel into space.

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• ‟ You can do more science on the ground than you can in space for the same amount of money. But there is some science you can not do on the ground.

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• ‟ I'd love to go back to space, I don't know any astronaut who doesn't want to.

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• ‟ While we've taken seeds into space, and astronauts on the International Space Station have eaten lettuce they've grown, we haven't produced fruit in space, so we can't pollinate something.

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• ‟ During launch, the outside of the rocket is covered in a protective fairing, so we couldn't see outside, but as soon as that was jettisoned, my first view of the earth was over the Pacific Ocean, which was this wonderful deep blue, with clouds just over the top, and sunlight streaming in through the window.

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