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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

Topics: Contract Determined Factor Feeling Government Lowest Realize Safety Space Up Very

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Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Around Course Days Grade Grade School Just Organized Our Out Ran Recess School Sports Those Were Yard

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We wanted to be in great shape, we wanted to be able to cope with zero gravity, we wanted to be able to cope with accelerations and decelerations and so on. So all of us trained so that we were probably in the best physical condition we had ever been in up until that point.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Able Been Best Condition Cope Ever Gravity Great Had Physical Point Shape Trained Until Up Us Wanted Were Zero

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It's been a long way, but we're here.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Been Here Long Long Way Way

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And I think that still is true of this business - which is basically research and development - that you probably spend more time in planning and training and designing for things to go wrong, and how you cope with them, than you do for things to go right.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Basically Business Cope Designing Development Go How More Planning Research Right Spend Still Than Them Things Think Time Training True Which Wrong You I Think

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You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Ability Applied Because Being Believe Book Effectively Fame Glory History Operation Page Recognition Talent You Your

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Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Airplane Airport Away Bike Clean Clean Up Early Every Later Miles Morning Nearest Out Push Ride Saturday Saturday Morning Teens Ten Up Used

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We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Area Back Brief Construction Design Each End Engineers Get Gone Had Other Phases Testing Then Those Together Various Week Worked Would

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The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Build Carrying Excitement Launch Me Pad Pulled Really Sort Space Start Stuff Suit Trailer Until Up Which

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The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Because Buddy Built Crashed Feet First Four Get Ground Homemade More Off Plane Ride Than Unfortunately

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: November 18th, 1923

Died: July 21st, 1998

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