Top 21 Quotes by David Mackay

When I was 12, I saw the Apollo moon landings, and I thought that was really fantastic and exciting and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'

I was a frustrated astronaut all my life. I grew up at a time when space seemed to have no boundaries, and lots of us presumed humans would be living on the moon and landing on Mars.

I have watched SS2 evolve over the years into an incredible vehicle that is going to open up space to more people than ever before.

I've been lucky enough to have flown some very interesting aircraft in the past, but SpaceShipTwo is far and away the most exciting of them all.

I do have a bit of a fear of heights. But I don't get scared of heights when I am flying a plane.

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

I would say if you do have ambitions, don't just wait around. Go out and make yourself as well-qualified as possible so you can take that rare opportunity when it comes along.

I want to get to the moon. I want to go to Mars.

From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes.

In any aircraft you fly, you always think about what can go wrong, and you plan for it in advance. You always have back-up plans.