#flight

The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light. ↗

— Barney Oliver

#energy #factor #flight #fraction #ignored

Scissors, screwdrivers and the like pose an unacceptable risk to flight crews as well passengers. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#flight #like #passengers #pose #risk

Let's take flight simulation as an example. If you're trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You don't have to get in an airplane until late in the process. ↗

— Roy Romer

#almost #course #example #flight #get

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#discovery #effect #flight #process #scientific

When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and write reflexively. ↗

— Kim Elizabeth

#conscious effort #continually #done #effort #fantasy

Flight attendants all over the world saw 'Sex and the City.' Doesn't matter what country you are in. The flight attendants know Jack Berger. ↗

— Ron Livingston

#country #flight #jack #know #matter

He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#command #commands #flight #second #who

When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#believes #comes #flight #going #keep

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all. ↗

— Izabella Scorupco

#famous #flight #had #helicopter #i

We are told that the trouble with modern man is that he has been trying to detach himself from nature... In this scenario, Man comes on as a stupendous lethal force, and the Earth is pictured as something delicate, like rising bubbles at the surface of a country pond, or flights of fragile birds. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#birds #bubbles #comes #country #delicate