HB prepared the top 10 quotes of an outstanding Ukrainian.

I was impressed with what the Earth looks like from space. It was just incredible.. By the way, the informativeness of the television image of the Earth from space or any of its photographs is no more than 10-15 percent of what we can see for ourselves.

After dispelling the ship to a speed exceeding the speed of sound, the roar remains far below the ship. There comes silence - such as the rustle of leaves. When the ship goes into orbit, and the engines turn off, weightlessness begins - ideal lightness. Closing your eyes and completely relaxed, you do not feel yourself physically. Only the realization that you exist.

I have every reason to assert that Ukraine is a cosmic state. We have a full cycle of manufacturing space technology. We have long been able to design, manufacture, launch and operate our developments in space. But here's the problem: today, the space industry does not work thanks to, but in spite of the circumstances in which it is located.

The history of my membership in the crew of the mission STS-87 of the space ship Columbia once again confirms that one must be persistent in achieving its goal. And then even the most seemingly unattainable dreams will become a reality.

Now they tell us that in the near future it will be possible to move to other planets. But I think that first we need to put our native planet in order. It is necessary to direct the intellect of mankind to protect, not destroy the ecology. After all, it is in space that you understand how inadequate our society is, how wrong it lives.

When I first got into space, the first impression was that I was in a completely different world. Recalling and analyzing the past, and I had the impression that someone deliberately planned and created this chain, which can be called destiny. At the same time, not only creating barriers, but also protecting. And I could only make decisions, relying on intuition, also from the outside by someone brought into consciousness.

I am often asked this question: "What is the secret of your success?" I reply that there is no secret. It's absolutely simple: you have to have a goal and work hard. Here is the whole secret.

Smeloy, almost fantastic, but I think it was not unreasonable to think that a man once came to Earth from space. Therefore, the state of weightlessness is recorded in genetic memory. If we find this entry in ourselves, then, having read, we will get an answer when they became inhabitants of the Earth. American astronaut John Glen said: "Watching in the porthole of a spaceship and not believing in God for me is unthinkable".

I am often asked if it was scary before flying into space, when I was sitting in a spaceship and was waiting for the launch. I say this - I was terribly curious, and not scared that something could happen. Because I was preparing to fly for many years.

Of course, there was a tremendous strain, but it had nothing to do with the fear asked.

In addition to positive impressions there were also negative ones from what I saw - this is a very thin layer of the atmosphere that envelops the Earth against the background of black space. I already felt a certain fear: is there really such a life in such a thin layer. There you understand how wrong humanity lives. I mean nuclear, chemical weapons - all this is clogging up our biosphere.