“Are governments the only entities that can build human spacecraft? No ...” — Alan Stern Quote

“Are governments the only entities that can build human spacecraft? No - actually, every human spacecraft ever built for NASA was built by private industry.”

“Every mission has life-or-death moments.”

“You could not have predicted the amazing discoveries at Pluto, even though we have been to a couple of objects in the solar system that were at least a little analogous to Pluto.”

“I have seen the way a conglomerate works. My personal calling was in start-ups, so I built my own start-up.”

“Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.”

“People looked up to us for our values and leadership. But today, they laugh as we are busy debating whether one of the seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, was actually built by Indians.”