There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough - Elon Musk.

For NASA, space is still a high priority - Dan Quayle.

NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget - Bill Nye

I fell in love with Norman Mailer's 'Of a Fire on the Moon', a description of the 1969 moon landing and the society that had produced NASA - and was inspired by him to begin a kind of anthropology of modern life - Alain de Botton

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people - Neil Armstrong

Asteroid detection, tracking, and defense of our planet is something that NASA, its interagency partners, and the global community take very seriously - John M. Grunsfeld

If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years - Robert Ballard.

If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years - Robert Ballard.