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Helen Sharman Quotes

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

Helen Sharman

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

Tags: science, government, see

I'd love to go back to space, I don't know any astronaut who doesn't want to.

Helen Sharman

I'd love to go back to space, I don't know any astronaut who doesn't want to.

Tags: love, want, know

About Author
Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and astronaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station, in May 1991.

While we've taken seeds into space, and astronauts on the International Space Station have eaten lettuce they've grown, we haven't produced fruit in space, so we can't pollinate something.

Helen Sharman

While we've taken seeds into space, and astronauts on the International Space Station have eaten lettuce they've grown, we haven't produced fruit in space, so we can't pollinate something.

Tags: fruit, seeds, something

During launch, the outside of the rocket is covered in a protective fairing, so we couldn't see outside, but as soon as that was jettisoned, my first view of the earth was over the Pacific Ocean, whic...

Helen Sharman

During launch, the outside of the rocket is covered in a protective fairing, so we couldn't see outside, but as soon as that was jettisoned, my first view of the earth was over the Pacific Ocean, whic...

Tags: deep, ocean, clouds

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

Helen Sharman

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

Tags: science, people, questions

You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.

Helen Sharman

You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.

Tags: science, think, you