In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHistory will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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The view of the moon that we’ve been having recently is really spectacular.
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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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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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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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The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
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You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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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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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
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This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.
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Figure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.
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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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There are places to go beyond belief.
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