Chiao Quotes & Sayings

I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so. — Leroy Chiao

But a lot of that kind of work is done pre-flight, coordinating efforts with the flight directors and the ground teams, and figuring out how you're going to operate together. — Leroy Chiao

I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing. — Leroy Chiao

As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything. — Leroy Chiao

Sometimes people ask you a question with their eyes begging you to not tell them the truth. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

My running ambition is to keep doing it until I'm way past the point where I have any business running. Just to keep doing it throughout my whole life - to stay fit and feel good. — Leroy Chiao

Space is very unforgiving business — Leroy Chiao

He who dreams ... does not know he is dreaming ... Only when he awakens does he know he has dreamt. But there is also the great awakening (ta-chiao), and then we see that [everything] here is nothing but a great dream. Of course, the fools believe that they are already awake-what foolishness! Confucius and you, both of you, are dreams; and I, who tell you this, am also a dream. — Zhuangzi

Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy. — Leroy Chiao

Beneath the lower point of the balloon swung a car, containing five passengers, scarcely visible in the midst of the thick vapor mingled with spray which hung over the surface of the ocean. — Jules Verne

For Arthur, at last, had come. — Bernard Cornwell

Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature. — Leroy Chiao

A ballet of nimble-footed waitresses moved among the tables — Beth Hoffman

There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the general education in engineering. Also, it was a very difficult and rigorous course. So, it made me strong and resourceful. — Leroy Chiao

I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft. — Leroy Chiao

I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader. — Leroy Chiao

I really have to feel that I could make a difference in the movie, or I shouldn't be doing it. — Joe Dante

Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is. — Leroy Chiao

I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission. — Leroy Chiao

Coming down under a parachute is quite different as well. You hit the ground pretty hard, but all the systems work very well to keep it from hurting, so it doesn't even hurt when you hit. It was a great experience to be able to do both. — Leroy Chiao

Well, I was born in Louisiana, but I grew up in South Carolina, which both are definitely very different than LA, but I miss the thunderstorms. — Ashley Scott

There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant. — Leroy Chiao

Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights and resumption of major ISS construction. — Leroy Chiao

One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space. — Leroy Chiao

One of my challenges was to try to photograph the Great Wall of China. And I did actually take some photos, but it was hard to discern the wall with the naked eye. — Leroy Chiao

My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and watch TV with him. — Karen Bass

The most interesting thing was looking out the window and taking photographs of different places on Earth. — Leroy Chiao

Miss Lilly." Mr. Kan stood up and solemnly shook her hand. "When there is such a large gap of years between two friends, we Chinese call it wang nien chih chiao, a friendship that forgets the years. It's destiny that brings us together. I hope you will always think of me and Teddy as your friends. — Ken Liu

I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it. — Leroy Chiao

I spent a lot of my time working in the American module, and he would stay in the Russian segment working on his things, and we'd meet up at meal times. So it actually worked out very well. — Leroy Chiao