Top 8 Most Famous Eileen Collins Quotes
Some people said, “we don’t want to risk astronauts’ lives anymore, we need to stop doing this.” The astronauts don’t feel that way. We fly for our country, we fly for humanity, we fly for exploration, we fly for a variety of reasons, and we don’t stop flying because we have accidents.
— Eileen Collins
Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore… We believe in what we’re doing. Now it’s time to go.
— Eileen Collins
Discovery is in absolutely great shape. I’m pretty confident about the entry into the atmosphere and I’m thinking about the landing.
— Eileen Collins
We brought Discovery back in great shape. The crew was very anxious to walk around and see what the outside looks like and it looks fantastic.
— Eileen Collins
It will be expensive, it will be risky and we will make mistakes as we go. But we will do it because we are explorers by nature.
— Eileen Collins
We’re going to enjoy another day on orbit and we’ll see you on Earth tomorrow.
— Eileen Collins
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
We have had a fantastic mission. We are so glad to come back and be able to say it’s a success.
— Eileen Collins
18 Inspirational Eileen Collins Quotes About Life and Space Travel
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
When I was a child, I dreamed about space – I admired pilots, astronauts, and I’ve admired explorers of all kinds.
— Eileen Collins
I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident.
— Eileen Collins
I think about the Columbia crew every day. I feel like we are carrying on their mission.
— Eileen Collins
We want to explore. We’re curious people.
— Eileen Collins
For many of us it’s been four years since we trained for this mission and its been a wonderful experience.
— Eileen Collins
It is my hope that all children will see this mission and be inspired to reach for their dreams because dreams do come true!
— Eileen Collins
Getting the shuttle back up there is just going to bring the space station back to its full potential.
— Eileen Collins
I don’t think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove.
— Eileen Collins
We made the best decision based on what we knew at the time.
— Eileen Collins
It’s just been a wild ride. We’ve finally been able to put the icing on the cake with this mission.
— Eileen Collins
This mission is a dream come true for all of us, not just to fly on the shuttle but to fly on this very important mission.
— Eileen Collins
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
Whether your commander is a man or woman doesn’t really matter when it comes to getting your mission done.
— Eileen Collins
We are staying focused on the mission and we know we are in good hands with the people on the ground
— Eileen Collins
I have had a lot of thoughts about Columbia and I will have thoughts after the landing. We’re all going to be very focused… on the job at hand.
— Eileen Collins
Houston, we have a good deploy. Chandra is ready to open the eyes of X-ray astronomy to the world.
— Eileen Collins
Because of [Amelia Earhart], we had more women available to fly in the 1940’s to help us get through World War II. And because of these women, women of my generation are able to look back and say, ‘Hey, they did it. They even flew military airplanes, we can do it, too.’
— Eileen Collins
