#shuttle

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#flight #fly #having #like #opportunity

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#camping #dirty #ended #get #had

The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#escape #nature #put #shuttle #system

The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#been #built #capabilities #carried #ever

I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does. ↗

— Pete Conrad

#does #dollars #i #i think #launch

We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space. ↗

— Lincoln Davis

#continue #every #example #flights #follow

In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#because #canada #contributed #fly #had

It was just using the liquid shampoo - the Russians have one very similar to the stuff we use on the Shuttle - you just wet your hair with it and then wipe it out. ↗

— Shannon Lucid

#just #liquid #out #russians #shampoo

I had been here five years already, training very hard, learning about the systems, the shuttle, the station systems. But, everything really became real when I started to work with them. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#already #became #been #everything #five

So, for me, I make no difference whether I'm training with my shuttle crew or the Expedition crew. Of course, I think I want to take more care of the Expedition crew, because they're going to stay there for a long time. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#care #course #crew #difference #expedition