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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGPilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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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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It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
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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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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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This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.
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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.
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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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Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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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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Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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