Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIn much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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It’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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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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I tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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It’s a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it’s a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.
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I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul, we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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I believe that the message of Apollo XI was that in the spirit of Apollo, a free and open spirit, you can attack a very difficult goal and achieve it, if you can all agree and work together to achieve that goal.
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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