#space

Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things. ↗

— Story Musgrave

#been #chronological #communicated #done #events

The hard part is how to plan a picture so as to give to others what has happened to you. To render in paint an experience, to suggest the sense of light and color, of air and space. ↗

— Maxfield Parrish

#color #experience #give #happened #hard

I might have lived long enough to learn all this in the long haul, but I would have been just another soul taking up time and space for a long spell before I learned. ↗

— Lou Rawls

#been #before #enough #haul #i

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. ↗

— Sally Ride

#collect #hiking #i #i do #lot

The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience. ↗

— Sally Ride

#change #experience #had #i #life

In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#countries #just #lot #routine #space

Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#develop #extremely #goal #low #manned

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#discovery #dreams #experience #exploration #fun

In Einstein's general relativity the structure of space can change but not its topology. Topology is the property of something that doesn't change when you bend it or stretch it as long as you don't break anything. ↗

— Edward Witten

#bend #break #change #einstein #general

In the information-communication civilization of the 21st Century, creativity and mental excellence will become the ethical norm. The world will be too dynamic, complex, and diversified, too cross-linked by the global immediacies of modern (quantum) communication, for stability of thought or dependability of behaviour to be successful. ↗

— Timothy Leary

#cyberculture #cyberspace #information #media #communication