Select Quayle Topics: Outer Space
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Those same asteroids which promise material riches can be a threat as well.
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-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 5/1/90
(reported in Esquire, 8/92)
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact we think it is infinite.
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-- quoted from Encarta Book of Quotations
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[Americans will soon observe the 20th anniversary of] Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Lukens' walk on the moon.
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-- Vice President Dan Quayle confusing the sexual
assaulter/Congressman with Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 7/15/89
Los Angeles Times (7/16/89)
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...Buzz Lukens took that fateful step...
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-- Vice President Dan Quayle continuing to confuse the sexual
assaulter/Congressman with Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 7/15/89
(reported in Esquire, 8/92)
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We are leaders of the world of the space program.
We have been the leaders of the world of our... of the space program
and we're not going to continue where we're going to go, not withstanding
the Soviet Union's demise and collapse -- the former Soviet Union -- we now
have independent republics which used to be called the Soviet Union.
Space is the next frontier to be explored. And we're going to explore.
Think of all the things we rely upon in space today: communications
from... Japan, detection of potential ballistic missile attacks. Ballistic
missiles are still here. Other nations do have ballistic missiles. How do
you think we were able to detect some of the Scud missiles and things like
that? Space, reconnaissance, weather, communications -- you name it. We
use space a lot today.
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-- Vice President Dan Quayle (from 'What a Waste it Is
to Lose One's Mind' -- the Unauthorized Autobiography)
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For NASA, space is still a high priority.
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-- Vice President Dan Quayle, talking to NASA
employees, 9/5/90 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
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[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.
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-- Vice President Dan Quayle on the concept of a
manned mission to Mars.
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