鈥淭he satellite landed in our home. Maybe this means we鈥檒l have good luck this year.鈥�
Huo Jiyu, a resident of Penglai, China, whose apartment was demolished by a space capsule crashing back to Earth (Xinhuanet, 17 October)
鈥淵ou think this is cool? Wait till you see SpaceShipTwo鈥� it is erotic.鈥�
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SpaceShipOne may have flown to the edge of space, but its successor will have sexier styling, says designer Burt Rutan (Space.com, 14 October)
鈥淏eing cleaner may not necessarily mean being healthier.鈥�
Alexandra Farrow of Brunel University, UK, explaining that chemicals in air fresheners and aerosols can damage the health of babies and their mothers (BBC Online, 19 October)
鈥淭hey had all the time from when they said the voting machines will be used to perfect them. And here we are, up the creek. I鈥檓 so fed up.鈥�
Susan Emert, a resident of Broward County, Florida, describes her exasperation as problems with electronic voting machines in the state prevent some voters from casting an early ballot in the presidential election (Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 October)
鈥淲e鈥檙e all keeping our fingers crossed that no matter who gets elected, NASA is going back out there and exploring the universe.鈥�
Space is bigger than the presidential election, according to George Whitesides, executive director of the US National Space Society, commenting after representatives from the Bush and Kerry camps debated space policy (The Houston Chronicle, 18 October)