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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGWe 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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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People love conspiracy theories.
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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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It’s a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It’s an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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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 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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History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
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The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
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It’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
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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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It’s a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it’s a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.
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Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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