“There was a lot of risk taken in the Mercury and Apollo eras, and we d...” — Gwynne Shotwell Quote

“There was a lot of risk taken in the Mercury and Apollo eras, and we don't take those risks anymore. We've designed the systems to eliminate risk, which makes it take forever and cost too much money.”

“What would air travel look like if airplanes were thrown out after each flight? No one would be flying in airplanes.”

“For whatever reason, college was just not a huge focus for me. I wasn't planning ahead. I just didn't think about it too much.”

“Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronaut can do on Mars that a well-designed rover can't.”

“I was working as a flight director on the Gemini IX mission, and it seemed almost overnight I was picking up the responsibilities for the Apollo Program.”

“The fabled origin of the laurel is this. Daphne, daughter of the river Peneus, offended by the persecutions of Apollo, implored succour of the gods, who changed her into a laurel tree. Apollo crowned his head with the leaves and ordered that forever after, the tree should be sacred to him.”