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As a young boy, I was very interested - as I still am - in all sorts of adventure and exploration. I thought about being an astronaut, a dinosaur scientist, or marine biologist, but I clearly was drawn to the ocean and to the water.

~Brian Skerry

Topics: About Adventure Am Astronaut Being Biologist Boy Clearly Dinosaur Drawn Exploration Interested Marine Ocean Scientist Sort Still Thought Very Water Young

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The stupidest thing I ever did was turn down 'Terms of Endearment' to do 'Cannonball Run II.' Jim Brooks wrote the part of the astronaut for me. Taking that role would have been a way to get all the things I wanted.

~Burt Reynolds

Topics: Astronaut Been Brooks Did Down Ever Get Jim Me Part Role Run Stupidest Taking Terms Thing Things Turn Wanted Way Would Wrote

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I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain expectations about what would be a reasonable and desirable position to be assigned to after my years of service.

~Buzz Aldrin

Topics: About After Air Air Force Assigned Astronaut Back Been Certain Desirable Expectations First Force Had Marine Navy Person Position Reasonable Return Service Who Would Years

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I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And I think this would be very inspiring.

~Buzz Aldrin

Topics: Astronaut Corps Government Inspiring Mars Planet Settlers Shortage Think Very Would I Think

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The clothes are different: pre-dog, I used to be very finicky and self-conscious about how I looked; now I schlep around in the worst clothing - big heavy boots, baggy old sweaters, a hooded down parka from L.L. Bean that makes me look like an astronaut.

~Caroline Knapp

Topics: About Around Astronaut Baggy Bean Big Boots Clothes Clothing Different Down Heavy How Like Look Looked Makes Me Now Old Self-Conscious Sweaters Used Very Worst

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I think Dawn has done an amazing job showing that asteroids aren't just hunks of rock. They're worlds - they're places an astronaut can explore. I think the Rosetta mission also did an amazing job of that.

~Carrie Nugent

Topics: Also Amazing Astronaut Dawn Did Done Explore Job Just Mission Places Rock Showing Think Worlds I Think

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Of course, as a kid, I had no idea what was practical: I wanted to be a paleontologist, then an astronaut.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Astronaut Course Had Idea Kid No Idea Practical Then Wanted

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Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job you could have as a test pilot was being an astronaut, so I volunteered.

~Charles Duke

Topics: Advert After Astronaut Astronauts Being Best Could Got Job Months More Nasa Out Pilot Recruiting Said Saw School Test Two Volunteered You

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When I was a kid, I wanted to be in business or politics, like a CEO of a big corporation or a U.S. senator. There were also times I wanted to be an astronaut or a military officer. Yes, there were moments when I thought about doing this as a woman.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: About Also Astronaut Big Business Ceo Corporation Doing Kid Like Military Moments Officer Politics Senator Thought Times Wanted Were Woman Yes

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And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Astronaut Canadian Chief Flight Houston Now Office Return Robotics Working

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