This quote by Wally Schirra is a call to action for NASA to take a more active function in securing our world. He is recommending that NASA needs to utilize its resources and expertise to help attend to the ecological concerns that are facing our planet. He is emphasizing the significance of taking action now, instead of waiting for the situation to aggravate. He is also suggesting that NASA needs to use its knowledge and innovation to develop services to the environmental problems that are facing our world. By doing so, NASA can help to guarantee that our world remains habitable for future generations. This quote is a tip that we all have a duty to look after our planet which NASA must be leading the way.
This quote is written / told by Wally Schirra between March 12, 1923 and May 3, 2007. He/she was a famous Astronaut from USA.
The author also have 20 other quotes.
"Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100 million planets that harbored life"
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small"
"Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero"
"I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being"
"We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects"
"All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all"
