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He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.

Neil Armstrong

You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Expectation Handle Life Need Preparation Unexpected Wrong
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Astronaut Attraction Fly Moon
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 ARMSTRONG

Blue Earth Eyes Giant Planet Pretty Space Stuck Thumb
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.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Ability Capacity Contribution Father Happiness Human Knowledge Limitation Race Realization Work
Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Airplane Excitement Missing Moon
It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Deal Different Going Moon Pretty Suppose
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.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Ability Capacity Contribution Father Happiness Human Knowledge Limitation Race Realization Work
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Achievement Demostrate Forever Human Opportunity Planet Unlimited Vision
In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Angle Arrival Fly Probability Proportional Science Survive
Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Emotion Fear One Liner
It’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Complex Difficult Forgiveness Land Lunar Sensation Strange
Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Fly Freedom Joy Pilot
If that’s there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Moon Science Technology
I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Believe Exercise Heartbeat Human Number Waste Wasted Time
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Creation Desire Inspirational Man Mystery Understand Wonder
I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
NEIL ARMSTRONG

Extreme Success Surprise

He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.

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