Helen Sharman

On Mir, the lights kept going out because it had developed so many electrical problems.

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

I get standing ovations at meetings when I say Britain should be involved in human spaceflight. Unfortunately, that goal has been blocked by a handful of people in high office.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people!

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.