- Kim Hamilton: Well, what if the STARDUST blows up, as she probably will?
- Cmdr. Michael Haydon: Well, then we'll know... at least the designers will know... that the fuel or the design wasn't perfect.
- Kim Hamilton: Some people find it impossible to be quite so impersonal, Commander. If I may be personal, I'm glad I'm not your wife.
- Cmdr. Michael Haydon: And if I may be personal, so am I.