Best quotes by Leroy Chiao on Space

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• ‟ Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.

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• ‟ I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it.

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• ‟ I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing.

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• ‟ I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so.

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• ‟ Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy.

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• ‟ One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.

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• ‟ Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is.

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• ‟ I was a graduate student in 1984 when President Ronald Reagan called for the construction of a new space station. I knew then that I wanted to apply for the astronaut program, and this was an exciting development.

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• ‟ Donald Trump's administration is floating a proposal to return to the moon - and to shut down the International Space Station to help pay for it. The first part of this idea is good. The second is horrible.

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• ‟ The United States ended the space shuttle program in 2011, after the ISS was complete. We gave up a national treasure forever.

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• ‟ I remember taking a space walk on the ISS. There I was, wrench in hand, tightening bolts on a new module. It was such a mundane task. But when I looked in one direction, there was Earth floating in vivid blues and greens. In the other direction, I could see the blackest black conceivable, punctured by unwavering pinpoints of starshine.

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• ‟ Science does not just drive space travel - space travel also drives science.

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• ‟ You might have heard about a transformation that can occur when someone first sees Earth from space - how it becomes harder to think about 'my country' or 'my people' and harder not to think about 'our planet.' I can tell you, that transformation is real.

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• ‟ I don't think anyone flies into space without some form of fundamental introspection about what life is about.

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