Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"We want to get off on the right foot and make sure we're going to head down the right path. We want to learn from history and push forward and take it to the next level."

Source: Brig. Gen. Susan Helms, commander of the US Air Force's 45th Space Wing, which coordinates Department of Defense emergency support for US human spaceflight missions. Members of NASA and the USAF are working together to develop capsule recovery procedures that will be used for the upcoming Orion manned space vehicle. Both groups are also reaching out to veterans from the Apollo moon-landing project... to learn everything they can about capsule recovery operations.

FMI: www.nasa.gov