Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIt’s a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It’s an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It’s all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.
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How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.
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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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I only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine sandy particles.
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This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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If that’s there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
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It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
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