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 thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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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Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
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How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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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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It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
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Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.
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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
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Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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Yeah, 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.
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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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