American - Astronaut | March 12, 1923 - May 3, 2007
I saw the booster, not Sputnik, flying by, and I said, maybe this is the way we should be going, not just sitting back waiting for something to happen.
Wally Schirra
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I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.
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John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.
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Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it.
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
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We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.
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When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself.
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When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it.
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