Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
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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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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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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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 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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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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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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Start at the end and work back.
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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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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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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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