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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIt’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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If you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.
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Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is 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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The view of the moon that we’ve been having recently is really spectacular.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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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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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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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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People love conspiracy theories.
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I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I’m damned if I’m going to use up mine running up and down a street.
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I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
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