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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI 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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGStart at the end and work back.
NEIL ARMSTRONGShoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
NEIL ARMSTRONGNow and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
NEIL ARMSTRONGScience 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 strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIn much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHouston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
NEIL ARMSTRONGNASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.
NEIL ARMSTRONGWell, 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 ARMSTRONGI tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI 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 ARMSTRONGI fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
NEIL ARMSTRONGResearch is creating new knowledge.
NEIL ARMSTRONGThe single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
NEIL ARMSTRONG