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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIf that’s there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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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 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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Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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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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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.
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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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