Michael P. Anderson Quotes

Michael P. Anderson — American Astronaut born on December 25, 1959, died on February 01, 2003

Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere... (wikipedia)

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force.

It looks like the future's really bright.

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

If you want something that's going to provide you with a lot of challenges and a variety of different things to do, then you really can't beat a place like the Air Force. I don't mean this to sound like a recruiting pitch. But it's been a lot of fun.

As you look back at your life, there are just a million different things that have happened, just in the right way, to allow you to make your dreams come true. And you know, someone has all that under control.

Michael P. Anderson Quotes

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