I believe that there will be women astronauts sometime just as there are women airplane pilots.

I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.

I started out, as most astronomers do, with a university job. But in my generation, women weren't very welcome at universities, and so I found a job in the government. And the government was appreciably more welcoming.

Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems presented in space science can inspire young people to push beyond the current state of the art.

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

Many science people feel groups like WHO are there to do a job and not to be dealt with in a political way.

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.