It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHistory will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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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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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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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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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It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It’s all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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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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Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
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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 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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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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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.
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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.
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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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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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People love conspiracy theories.
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The view of the moon that we’ve been having recently is really spectacular.
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