I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
NEIL ARMSTRONGSpace has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.
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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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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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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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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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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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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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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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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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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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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I’m damned if I’m going to use up mine running up and down a street.
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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.
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