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Topic: Favorite space history quotes
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mensax
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From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 01-29-2003 05:04 PM
   
What are your favorite space quotes? |
Ben
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From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 01-29-2003 07:34 PM
"Gee, I thought we'd be a lot higher at MECO!" - Steve Hawley, STS-41D RSLS abort. |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 01-29-2003 10:47 PM
Here at the Western VAB (my modeling bench), our motto is "Do good work." |
randy
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From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-29-2003 11:44 PM
My favorite quote would have to be the first verses from Genesis during the Christmas Eve broadcast from Apollo 8. |
Rodina
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From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 01-30-2003 01:34 AM
"There can be no thought of finishing for 'aiming for the stars.' Both figuratively and literally, it is a task to last the generations. But no matter how much progress one makes, there is always the the thrill of just beginning."- Robert H. Goddard |
John K. Rochester
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From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 08:19 AM
"The conquest of space is worth the risk of life," by the late Virgil I Grissom. |
Cliff Lentz
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From: Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 08:36 AM
The one I always remember is from Apollo 8: "The Earth is a grand oasis in the great vastness of space." |
WAWalsh
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From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 01-30-2003 09:26 AM
The one I usually go with, however, is "The dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today and the reality of tomorrow." Robert Goddard |
andrewcarson
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From: Liverpool UK
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 11:55 AM
Dave Scott at Hadley, his quote made in such an impassioned, excited voice, "Man must explore." I think that was one of the shortest quotes made. It meant a lot to me. A short but such meaningful couple of words spoken by man who was obviously in awe of where he was... and from what he could see there! |
redstorm63
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From: Charlotte, NC, USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 12:03 PM
"It's 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." - Alan Shepard |
Rob Sumowski
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From: Macon, Georgia
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 01-30-2003 12:04 PM
When it comes to explaining the Apollo program in an interesting and creative manner, I have found Bill Anders to be one of the most well-spoken of the Apollo astronauts and have used many of his quotes. He's pretty eloquent.Bill Anders on Apollo's significance: "Here we came all this way to the moon, and yet the most significant thing we saw once we got there was our own home planet - the Earth." On his feelings prior to the liftoff of Apollo 8: "I thought we had one chance in three of having a successful mission, one chance in three of an unsuccessful mission yet surviving, and one chance in three of an unsuccessful mission and not surviving." On re-entry: "We had to come 240,000 miles to hit a reentry target about the size of a letter slot as seen from four miles away. We had to slide the letter into that slot. And the initial throw was good enough that that letter went right through the middle of it." There are many other great quotes, but I'd like to continue hearing others' favorites. This is interesting. |
Rick Mulheirn
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From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-30-2003 12:56 PM
I would have to agree with Andrew's sentiment. Dave Scott's quote "Man must explore ...and this is exploration at its greatest". |
icarkie
Member Posts: 618
From: BURTON ON TRENT /England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 01:13 PM
One of my favourite quotes came from the classic film "The Right Stuff" (I don't know whether it was said for real): "Remember, no bucks, no Buck Rogers". Which, if you look at it, still hold true today. |
Gordon Reade
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From: USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 01:44 PM
"Space, the final fronter!" and "To boldly go where no man has gone before," both by William Shatner speaking as Capt. Kirk. |
Jake
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From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 03:54 PM
"I, am con-binced, dey will get me bach to earth... just how far into it... that's what I'm not con-binced about!" -- Jose Jimenez (the FIRST man in space!) |
OPOS
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From: Inverness, FL
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 01-30-2003 04:06 PM
"Magnificent Desolation!" |
derek
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From: N.Ireland.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 04:25 PM
"Wish we had time just to stand here and look" - Dave Scott to capcom Joe Allen, as he and Irwin worked beside Hadley Rille during EVA 1. A wish shared by all landing crews. I was watching then and I never forgot that. |
poolman18
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From: Ontario,Canada
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 01-30-2003 06:42 PM
President John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things..." |
nasamad
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From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 01-30-2003 07:04 PM
"I wish I were back outside. It's hell in here!" - Al Worden, after Sim Bay EVA |
Wehaveliftoff
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posted 01-30-2003 08:10 PM
Along the lines of Gordon's peripheral cultural lines, and to keep light of it all: Ralph saying "One of these days, Alice, to the Moon!" ...and away I go.  |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-30-2003 08:41 PM
Neil Armstrong: "Houston, Tranquillity Base here...the Eagle has landed."If that doesn't make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, I don't know why you're reading this. Pete Conrad: "I think I see my crater... I'm not sure... Hey, there it is! There it is! Son of a gun, right down the middle of the road!" Anyone who heard that live certainly felt the hairs on the back of the neck stand up! |
Joe Davies
Member Posts: 258
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 01-30-2003 09:56 PM
"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever." Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1899 |
Aztecdoug
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From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 01-31-2003 11:07 AM
The crew of Apollo 7 during a televised performance from the Apollo Room, high above everything..."Deke Slayton, are you a Turtle?" "I have recorded my answer", Deke responded after momentarily cutting off his microphone. |
Paul
Member Posts: 201
From: Duluth,Ga.
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 01-31-2003 11:45 AM
I don't remember the exact words, but... "If you can't baffle them with brilliance, then dazzle them with b__ s__!" - Al Shepard Also, the first words from Armstrong (as mentioned above) when Eagle landed on the moon: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Wow! |
Philip
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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 01-31-2003 12:45 PM
"Garasho..." - millionaire and world's first "space tourist" Dennis Tito when asked "How are you doing Dennis?" |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-31-2003 01:54 PM
Slightly off topic, but I think it kind of fits here. My favorite astronaut "gesture" was right after STS-1 landed at Edwards. When John Young came skipping down the stairs after landing, took a quick look back at the shuttle and shook his fist with excitement with a big smile on his face. |
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posted 01-31-2003 03:34 PM
My favorite quote is "Failure is not an option" by Mr. Kranz.
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Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 01-31-2003 03:42 PM
"Failure is not an option" was never actually said by Kranz. It was a line in the movie Apollo 13, which caught on as being real, and which Mr. Kranz used as the title for his book. |
Rob Sumowski
Member Posts: 466
From: Macon, Georgia
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 02-01-2003 12:00 PM
"Here we came all this way to the moon, and yet the most significant thing we saw once we got there was our own home planet, the Earth." - Bill Anders, Apollo 8"On the way home I kept thinking to myself, 'Is that all there is?'" -Alan Bean, Apollo 12 "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small step for Neil, but it sure was a long one for me." -Pete Conrad, Apollo 12, Commander of the second mission to land men on the Moon "Houston, we've had a problem..." - Jim Lovell, Commander, Apollo 13 "As we leave the Moon and Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17... Okay Jack, let's get this mother out of here." - Gene Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17 "We always expected to lose someone, someday, but not on the ground. That was not a way to die... not for a test pilot." - Deke Slayton, Chief Astronaut, in documentary "Moon Shot", on the Apollo 1 fire on the launch pad, January 27, 1967 On the danger of making the untested moon shot on Apollo 8: "I thought we had one chance in three of having a successful mission, one chance in three of an unsuccessful mission yet surviving, and one chance in three of an unsuccessful mission and not surviving." - Bill Anders, Apollo 8 "I sat on top of that thing. Twice. The Saturn V was a living, breathing beast." - Gene Cernan, Apollo 10, Apollo 17 On the precision involved in returning to Earth without bouncing off of the atmosphere back into outer space, which would have killed the crew: "We had to come 240,000 miles to hit a reentry target about the size of a letter slot as seen from four miles away. We had to slide the letter into that slot. And the initial throw was good enough that that letter went right through the middle of it." - Bill Anders, Apollo 8 On the difficulty of joining two separate spacecraft in orbit: "I'll take a tennis ball and stand in my front yard. You take a tennis ball and stand in the backyard. We have to throw them over the house at the same time and have them hit each other without the benefit of sight. That's orbital rendezvous." - Joe Shea, Apollo Program Manager "Here we were, being paraded around as the most famous men in America, and we hadn't done a damned thing but show up to a press conference." - Deke Slayton, Mercury Astronaut On "bouncing" as he walked on the Lunar surface: "Gee Al, moving around like this, I kind of feel like I'm one of those giraffes!" - Pete Conrad, Apollo 12 The first golf shot on the Moon: "Houston, while you're looking that up, you might recognize what I have in my hand as the handle for the contingency sample return; it just so happens to have a genuine six iron on the bottom of it. In my left hand, I have a little white pellet that's familiar to millions of Americans. I'll drop it down. Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand trap shot here... There it goes for miles and miles and miles." - Alan Shepard, Apollo 14 |
mensax
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From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 02-05-2003 03:38 PM
"To actually be 100,000 miles out, to look out four windows and find nothing but black infinity, to finally locate the blue-and-white golf ball in the fifth window, to know how fortunate we are to be able to return to it... there is but one Earth, tiny and fragile, and one must get 100,000 miles away to appreciate fully one's good fortune in living on it."Michael Collins |
danatbird
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From: Corsicana, TX
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 02-06-2003 09:55 AM
"NASA is not about the 'Adventure of Human Space Exploration'...We won't be doing it just to get out there in space - we'll be doing it because the things we learn out there will be making life better for a lot of people who won't be able to go."- John Young |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 02-06-2003 10:12 AM
"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever." Tsiolkovskiy |
BobbyA
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From: Northern Virginia
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 02-08-2003 12:12 PM
Conan O'Brien asked Tom Hanks if NASA asked him, would he take a seat on the shuttle. Hanks replied, "If NASA wanted to do tests on me to see if pain still hurt at zero-G, I would go."And of course, "Godspeed John Glenn". |
derek
Member Posts: 297
From: N.Ireland.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 02-08-2003 06:21 PM
Not a quote from an astronaut, but from "The Right Stuff", it applies to all space travelers, past and future, "Oh hear us when we lift our prayer, for those in peril in the air." |
BobbyA
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From: Northern Virginia
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 04-16-2004 08:35 PM
I am wondering if anyone can help me here. I am a history teacher and I am looking for a good quote to use involving education, teaching, learning, or something otherwise motivational from an astronaut or someone involved in the space program. |
micropooz
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From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 04-16-2004 09:18 PM
The first thing that came to mind, with a chuckle, was Gus Grissom's profound "Do good work".  But seriously - I really like the quote that DavidH uses to end all of his posts (sorry if I'm plagiarizing here, David): "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972 |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 04-16-2004 11:53 PM
"There can be no thought of finishing for 'aiming for the stars.' Both figuratively and literally, it is a task to occupy the generations. And no matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning." - Robert Goddard
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randy
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From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-17-2004 12:57 AM
The only one I can come up with is from Christa McAuliffe: "I touch the future - I teach.'" |
Davide
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From: Venezia, Italy
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 04-17-2004 05:08 AM
"There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. The spirit cannot die; and man, who shall know all and shall have wings..."- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) |
Shuttlefan
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From: 41366 Schwalmtal, Germany
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 04-17-2004 08:00 AM
What always touches me most emotionally is the famous Tsiolkovsky saying (quoted slightly different in several books):"Earth is the cradle of mankind - but you cannot stay in it all your lifetime!" A nice piece of space poetry. |
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