Brian Binnie Born : 1953 Browse All Authors Quotes From Brian Binnie I wake up every morning and thank God I live in a country where all of this is possible. Where you have the Yankee ingenuity to roll up your sleeves, get a band of people who believe in something and go for it and make it happen. It doesn't happen anywhere else. Brian Binnie morning believe country It's all about perseverance. I just had this attitude … where failure was just not an option. Brian Binnie perseverance attitude If somebody had told me when I was in graduate school, 'Brian, in 35 years you'll get a chance to fly the first commercial spacecraft with no computers,' I'd have said, 'I don't think so. People are not going to be that stupid.' Brian Binnie fly me you people The notion of getting the general public into low-Earth orbit I don't think is far-fetched at all. Brian Binnie public general getting think Golf is a working man's sport in Scotland. Brian Binnie working man scotland golf I always liked airplanes, and I decided I was going to go to school to study them. Brian Binnie go always study school Weightlessness is a wonderful experience. It feels like magic. It really does. Brian Binnie like magic experience wonderful The delay in SpaceShipTwo has not been the development of either of the vehicles. But the rocket motor has just been problematic from the get-go. Brian Binnie rocket just delay development I was a big aviation buff as a boy. Brian Binnie buff boy big aviation I was never a Trekkie, nor a science fiction guy. Brian Binnie never science-fiction guy science I remember going to London with my father in 1968 to see '2001: A Space Odyssey.' I just soaked in that movie. To me, that was real; it was going to happen. Brian Binnie me space remember father I never declared I wanted to be an astronaut, as I considered that was presumptuous. Brian Binnie never presumptuous astronaut wanted The eye is much more dynamic than any camera. Brian Binnie than camera more eye If you are not used to the g-forces, it can really mess with you. There's this overwhelming power that sweeps through the cabin. Your senses get pegged out. You're looking for comfort or safety but you won't find any. All you can do is keep breathing. Brian Binnie looking you safety power I'm very pleased to be part of the XCOR team and look forward to working with friends and colleagues on many of the exciting development efforts at XCOR, including the family of Lynx vehicles. Brian Binnie look colleagues family team It is extremely rewarding for me to be recognised by the University of Aberdeen. This is where I grew up and nurtured my dreams. Brian Binnie dreams where me university Without mincing words or really embellishing anything... I consider Mike Alsbury the renaissance man. He could do it all. He was an engineer. He was a pilot. He worked well with others. He had a great sense of humor. I never heard him raise his voice or lose his cool. Brian Binnie great cool man humor If you are not happy when you're weightless, then something's wrong. Brian Binnie wrong something you happy In 1969 I was 16, and for me anything was possible. '2001: A Space Odyssey' was in theaters. Man's future in space seemed limitless, and here on TV to punctuate it all were men walking on the moon. Brian Binnie me man future men
