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" All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. "
Me
Great
Generation
" As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in my memories as long as I can remember. "
Remember
Born
Memories
" Geologists have a saying - rocks remember. "
Science
Saying
Remember
" Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. "
Flying
Bird
Sail
" Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. "
Here
Moon
Peace
" Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed. "
Eagle
Space
Houston
" I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer. "
Socks
Will
I Am
" I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine. "
Inspirational
I Believe
Believe
" I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. "
Human
I Believe
Number
" I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon. "
Say
I Can
Me
" If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it. "
Step
I Believe
Up
" I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did. "
Than
More
Expected
" I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work. "
Daily
Daily Work
Fireworks
" I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth. "
Space
Game
Future
" In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. "
Research
You
Understand
" I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. "
Earth
Out
Planet
" 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. "
Moon
Nature
Space
" I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. "
Much
Flying
Work
" 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. "
Earth
You
Place
" 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. "
Small
Earth
Blue
" I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful. "
Were
Ecstatic
Successful
" Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. "
Man
Brainy
Wonder
" NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people. "
People
NASA
Direction
" People love conspiracy theories. "
Love
People
Theories
" Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying. "
Like
Special
Walking
" Research is creating new knowledge. "
Research
Creating
Knowledge
" Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10. "
Too Much
Science
Predict
" That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. "
Small
Man
Leap
" The Eagle has landed. "
Eagle
Landed
" 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. "
Space
Achievement
Opportunities
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