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I was a frustrated astronaut all my life. I grew up at a time when space seemed to have no boundaries, and lots of us presumed humans would be living on the moon and landing on Mars.

~David Mackay

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By my mid-30s, I just thought, 'This is not going to happen. I am never going to become an astronaut in the U.K.'

~David Mackay

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I've always hankered after going into space and walking on the moon and Mars. I did want to be an astronaut, and had there been a manned space flight programme in the U.K., I would have been knocking on the door.

~David Mackay

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When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing about.

~David Morrissey

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On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president.

~Dee Dee Myers

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I always wanted to be an astronaut.

~Dennis Quaid

Topics: Always Astronaut Wanted

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I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

~Dennis Quaid

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I've been lucky enough to do theatre, film, and television for a career. Unless I get offered a job as an astronaut, I won't stray too far from it.

~Dexter Fletcher

Topics: Astronaut Been Career Enough Far Film Film And Television Get Job Lucky Offered Stray Television Theatre Too Unless

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What I was most curious about was why Armstrong, a top U.S. Navy test pilot, flying the most advanced aircraft in the world, would want to join the astronaut corps in 1962, which included chimpanzees and monkeys.

~Douglas Brinkley

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Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an astronaut.

~Drew Van Acker

Topics: Always Astronaut Ever Kid Since Wanted

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