As the craft re-entered earth’s atmosphere, it was coming in so fast, it heated up the surrounding atoms and molecules, and they became positively and negatively charged, and highly reactive, and began luminescing all around us. Helen Sharman Read Quote
During launch, the outside of the rocket is covered in a protective fairing, so we couldn’t see outside, but as soon as that was jettisoned, my first view of the earth was over the Pacific Ocean, which was this wonderful deep blue, with clouds just over the top, and sunlight streaming in through the window. Helen Sharman Read Quote
On Mir, the lights kept going out because it had developed so many electrical problems. Helen Sharman Read Quote
I’d love to go back to space, I don’t know any astronaut who doesn’t want to. Helen Sharman Read Quote
Is a one-way trip to Mars ever really seriously going to happen? Surely that’s morally reprehensible. However old people are, however much they say they want to go on a one-way mission, people should be thinking about the possibility of returning. Helen Sharman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The government will see that human spaceflight is useful – for science and the economy – and inspirational. Helen Sharman Read Quote
