"All the sudden, you have these new visions for space exploration, and there's renewed excitement, " says Marco Caceres, senior analyst and director of space studies for aerospace consultancy the Teal Group.
"Bigelow is absolutely viable, " says Phil McAlister, NASA's acting director for commercial space flight development.
Professor George Fraser, director of the Space Research Centre at Leicester University, was excited by the radiation research.
To my right was a Launch Director from Kennedy Space Center.
He later become the Senior Development Director on Dead Space, paired with Glen at EA prior to the two leading Visceral Games(formerly, EA Redwood Shores) where he became Chief Operations Officer.
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"Being part of a project that not only taps into the recent renewed interest in space, but also provides a connection between people and the rest of the world is what is most intriguing about this project, " Richard Holdaway Director, RAL Space.
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"Robotics is playing a key role aboard the International Space Station and will be critical in our future human exploration of deep space, " said Michael Gazarik, director of NASA's Space Technology Program.
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"The docking went well, " Yuri Koptev, director of the Russian Space Agency, said in a television interview.
"All eyes are on Elon, " says George Whitesides, executive director of the National Space Society, an advocacy group.
Vincent Sabathier, director of the Human Space Exploration Initiatives Program at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, is more optimistic.
Gerry Griffin was a Flight Director for the Apollo Missions and is a former Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Brian Dailey, former Executive Director of the National Space Council.
The star actor was NASA Godard Institute for Space Studies director James Hansen who claimed with 99 percent certainty that temperatures were rising due to a human-influenced "greenhouse effect".
Monday's reported launch of the monkey -- who was kept in a "completely sealed" capsule that produces oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide, with his vital signs recorded throughout the flight -- is part of a larger effort to someday send humans into space, said Iranian Space Agency Director Hamid Fazeli.
"This is the most challenging landing we have ever attempted, " said Doug McCuistion, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars exploration program.
"Today's event is a strong reminder of why we need continuous efforts to survey and identify near-Earth objects, " said Thomas Reiter, European Space Agency's Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations.
Because new technology has flourished since then, scientists could discover that some new systems are also at risk, said Jeffrey Hughes, director of the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling at Boston University.
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"We've just collected images over Mali, which we've handed over to the armed forces because we believe they will be helpful to them in the peacekeeping mission over there, " says Seidu Mohammed, director-general of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA).
"At some point the world community needs to come together and draft some new convention or treaty, " said Paul Dempsey, director of the Institute of Air and Space Law and McGill University in Montreal.
"There was a competitive concept but it involved a lot of stages, a lot of machines, " recalls Jean-Jacques Juillet, the director of scientific programmes at Thales Alenia Space, the company that led the industrial development of Herschel.
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"We are comforted by the knowledge we have brought our seven friends home, " said Bob Cabana, director of Flight Crew Operations at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Faced with Sarries' third match in the space of nine days, rugby director Eddie Jones made 14 changes from the side which won at Bristol in the Guinness Premiership on Wednesday.
Chris Moore, NASA's deputy director for advanced exploration systems, said the space agency is working on engines aimed at cutting the trip time by the 2030s, when it hopes to send humans to Mars.
"It lit up the Kennedy Space Center, " said shuttle flight director, Mike Leinbach.
"To call for 1970s-style government mandates is frankly dangerous in the wireless space, " says Joseph Farren, director of public affairs for CTIA-The Wireless Association.
Dr Harries was president of the UK's Royal Meteorological Society from 1996 to 1997, and is a former director of projects and technology at the British National Space Centre.
"There is a high possibility that the object spotted this morning... on social media, is an object from outer space, " Saran Poshyachinda, Deputy Director of National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, told CNN.
Launchspace ran the project, which drew more than 100 responses, as a promotion and to tap aging engineers with experience from the U.S.-Soviet space race of the 1960s, says director Robert Russo.
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"A host of negative results have come together in a short space of time, " Madrid sporting director Jorge Valdano told Canal Plus television after his side's first home league defeat in 11 months.
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