William Readdy Quotations

MIT has always been key to NASA's success. Our people, technology development and scientific investigations have been intertwined since the earliest days of the space program.

Max was a genuine icon, a down-to-earth Cajun with a very nuts-and-bolts approach to engineering, ... He contributed immeasurably to America's successes in human space flight. His genius allowed us to compete and win the space race to the moon.

As a pathfinder, NASA expects others to follow,

It's more like a relay race and the torch is now passed to Atlantis and the STS-121 crew, ... Now we have some data to work with, and for the first time in the shuttle era, we've got a very solid place to start.

The agency's role in the development of the communications satellite in the late 50s and early 60s led to today's burgeoning telecommunications industry. It would come as no surprise if entrepreneurs and innovators from the private sector successfully build on what we've pioneered in human space exploration. We wish them well.