Eileen Collins Quotes

• Queremos explorar. Somos curiosos. Si miramos atrás en la historia, la gente se ha jugado la vida para salir a explorar... Creemos en lo que estamos haciendo. Ahora es el momento de ir.

  Eileen Collins

  Believe, Space, People

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• I don't think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove.

  Eileen Collins

  Thinking, Being A Woman, Prove

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• Algunas personas dijeron: "no queremos arriesgar más la vida de los astronautas, tenemos que dejar de hacer esto". Los astronautas no piensan asíVolamos por nuestro país, volamos por la humanidad, volamos para explorar, volamos por diversas razones, y no dejamos de volar porque tengamos accidentes.

  Eileen Collins

  Country, Patriotic, People

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• Gracias a [Amelia Earhart], tuvimos más mujeres disponibles para volar en la década de 1940 para ayudarnos a superar la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Y gracias a ellas, las mujeres de mi generación pueden mirar atrás y decir: 'Eh, ellas lo hicieron. Incluso pilotaron aviones militares, nosotras también podemos hacerlo'.

  Eileen Collins

  Military, War, Women

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• I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle. I don't really think about that on a day-to-day basis because I really don't need to.

  Eileen Collins

  Thinking, Opportunity, Space

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• The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air - we need to protect what we have.

  Eileen Collins

  Air, Eggs, Atmosphere

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• My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle

  Eileen Collins

  Mom, Daughter, Thinking

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• I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure.

  Eileen Collins

  Nerves, Pressure, Emotion

  "I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure" by David Adam, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2005.

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• The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its environment, how it ages-and what to design next time.

  Eileen Collins

  Moon, Design, Age

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• I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident

  Eileen Collins

  Astronaut, Program, Wanted

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