Author: Helen Sharman

Quotes

I don't classify myself as the first space tourist because I wasn't as though I paid and had a holiday out of it - although I had a fab time.

I don't classify myself as the first space tourist because I wasn't as though I paid and had a holiday out of it - although I had a fab time.

- Helen Sharman

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

- Helen Sharman

You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.

You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.

- Helen Sharman

I still dream about being on the space station with the feeling of being weightless. The weightlessness is the most amazing, relaxing and natural feeling.

I still dream about being on the space station with the feeling of being weightless. The weightlessness is the most amazing, relaxing and natural feeling.

- Helen Sharman

There is good science you can do in space. There is stuff there you cannot do on Earth and we can gain understanding from it.

There is good science you can do in space. There is stuff there you cannot do on Earth and we can gain understanding from it.

- Helen Sharman

Just because I'm a woman does not mean I have to deal with everything to do with food.

Just because I'm a woman does not mean I have to deal with everything to do with food.

- Helen Sharman

You can do more science on the ground than you can in space for the same amount of money. But there is some science you can not do on the ground.

You can do more science on the ground than you can in space for the same amount of money. But there is some science you can not do on the ground.

- Helen Sharman

I had been lucky that my physiology is well suited to space training.

I had been lucky that my physiology is well suited to space training.

- Helen Sharman

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