"I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on."
- Alan Shepard
"It is a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract."
"I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get ..."
"Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to..."