- Kevin: Ladies and gentlemen, please return your seats and tray-tables to their full upright positions, and extinguish all smoking material, as we're about to land in the red zone. Ahh! No survivors!
- Kathryn: Why are you so hard on me?
- Andie: Because someday, you're goin' up. But the only way that will happen is if you have every drill here down better than everyone else. There's no room for mistakes. Every 'i' dotted, every 't' crossed. That's the way I learned it. That's the way you'll learn it. You copy?
- Kathryn: I copy.
- NASA #1: How the hell am I supposed to keep a lid on this? People for 500 miles know the shuttle went up.
- Commander Zach Burkstroom: Tell them the truth. You sent my wife and five kids up from Spacecamp. They'll never believe it.
- Andie: Name?
- Rudy Tyler: [while chewing gum] Rudy Tyler, Ma'am.
- Andie: Spit it out, Rudy.
- Rudy Tyler: RUDY TYLER, MA'AM!
- Andie: I meant the gum, Rudy.
- Rudy Tyler: What about the propulsion system? We could breathe the liquid oxygen from there.
- Tish: The propulsion system uses nitrogen tetroxide, Rudy. We wanna breathe, not dry clean our lungs.
- Andie: [after saving Max from drifting away from the Daedalus space station] ... You think you're scared now? Wait till your parents get the bill for breaking Daedalus.
- Rudy Tyler: Holy shit!
- Jinx: "Shit". Solid waste aboard space station. Can be handled in one of two ways...
- Kevin: [Kevin is trying to give Max the courage to save Andy during a space walk, in an Obi-Wan Kenobi voice] Luke... Luke! Use the Force, Luke... stretch out your feelings... The Force is always with you...
- Tish: What're you doing...?
- Kathryn: Trying to figure out how to work this thing...
- Tish: What, the multi-access trainer?
- Kathryn: Yeah... you know anything about it?
- Tish: [closes her eyes, reciting from memory] Three concentric circles spinning in opposite directions; object to stabilize utilizing hand controls.
- [Kathryn is amazed; Tish offers her a piece of gum]
- Tish: You wanna piece...?
- Kathryn: [taking it] ... How'd you know all that?
- Tish: I remember everything I read. It's a real drag, sometimes; my mind gets totally cluttered.
- Kathryn: What'd you get on your SATs?
- Tish: 800's.
- [the highest SAT scores available at the time]
- Andie: So what brings you to space camp?
- Tish: Well I did this audit at GPL on Radio Astronomy; it was unbelieveable! I mean can you imagine an extra terrestrial disc jockey? I mean like listening to radio waves from space? I mean like waiting for signs of intelligence?
- Andie: ...Like I know the feeling.
- Tish: What're you gonna write your essay on?
- Kathryn: [Kathryn has been made Pilot after specifically requesting Shuttle Commander] "Why I'm Going to be the First Female Shuttle Commander."
- Tish: Oh, that oughta go down REAL big.
- Kathryn: Yeah, Andy'll love that. What about you?
- Tish: I'm gonna do "I want to go into space to find creatures that exist on chemicals other than carbon and oxygen."
- Kathryn: You should visit my high school!
- Andie: I can't believe it; I'm not going up. They chose Andy Miller instead of me... he gets airsick in cars...
- Commander Zach Burkstroom: That's why I married you, and not Andy Miller.
- Andie: [They're all in a space shuttle simulator] The computer does most of the work. Now the first lesson I want to teach you is...
- [Rudy moves the control stick, causing the simulator to lurch backward. Everyone falls]
- Andie: [glaring at Rudy] "Why I Won't Touch Anything Until I Know How to Use It."
- Rudy Tyler: By Rudy Tyler.
- Andie: Right.
- Max: Yeah, Rudy.
- Rudy Tyler: Er, you know I once knew this guy who could hold his breath under water for hours. Nobody could ever figure out exactly how he did it. Or maybe it wasn't hours, but it sure was a long time.
- Kevin: Rudy.
- Rudy Tyler: That was when I, I was on the swim team. It was freshman year. He used to do it too. Hold his breath for hours. Just by thinking about eating French fries. Guess he really got off on eating French fries and uh...
- Kevin: Rudy.
- Rudy Tyler: Huh?
- Kevin: You're using up oxygen, Man.
- Rudy Tyler: Yeah.
- Commander Zach Burkstroom: You want space camp?
- Kevin: No. My father wants space camp, but I want my head examined. But it was worth it for the car, don't you think?
- Commander Zach Burkstroom: Yeah well, let's hope so.
- Kevin: Yeah.
- Commander Zach Burkstroom: Yeah. By the way, would you get your ass OUT of my parking spot?
- NASA Computer: Hello, Jinx. How can NASA help you?
- Jinx: Put Max in space.
- NASA Computer: There is no Max listed in astronaut program.
- Jinx: [inserts data into computer] There is now!
- NASA Computer: Launch possibilities.
- Jinx: What are possibilities of launching Max into space?
- NASA Computer: There is no possibility at this time.
- Jinx: This is not going to be easy.
- [later, after Jinx learns that Max and his friends will be onboard a space shuttle for an engine test]
- Jinx: Max on shuttle during engine test. How do we change engine test into lift-off?
- NASA Computer: Worst case scenario -- thermal curtain failure.
- Jinx: Define thermal curtain failure.
- NASA Computer: Failure of heat shield during engine test. Only one booster will ignite. Result -- forced launch.
- Jinx: Why launch?
- NASA Computer: If you do not light the second booster at launch, the shuttle will lift off and crash.
- Jinx: That is unacceptable.
- NASA Computer: To avoid worst case scenario, second booster must be ignited. Result -- perfect launch.
- Jinx: Thermal curtain failure possibilities?
- NASA Computer: One thermal curtain failure every 4.9 million years.
- Jinx: Max won't live that long! Max needs thermal curtain failure. Max and Jinx -- friends forever.
- Brennan: How am I supposed to keep a lid on this? People for 500 miles know the shuttle went up.
- Commander Zach Burkstroom: Tell them the truth - we launched my wife and five kids from the SpaceCamp. They'll never believe it.