I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
NEIL ARMSTRONGYeah, I wasn’t chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn’t planned by anyone.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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Society’s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it will be exciting.
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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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There are places to go beyond belief.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.
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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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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.
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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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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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Start at the end and work back.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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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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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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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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