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People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Astronauts Beings Heroic Human Human Beings Only People Superhuman Try Typecast

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Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't know. I don't have any answers to those questions. I don't know what's over there around the corner. But I want to find out.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Answers Any Around Come Corner Curiosity Essence Existence Find Going Human Human Existence Know Out Over Questions Those Want Where Who

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The moon is bland in color. I call it shades of gray. You know, the only color we see is what we bring or the Earth, which is looking down upon us all the time. And to find orange soil on the moon was a surprise.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Bland Bring Call Color Down Earth Find Gray Know Looking Moon Only Orange See Shades Soil Surprise Time Us Which You

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We found out the Gemini spacesuit was, well, oxygen was flowing to keep me cool as well as to breathe, and it wasn't good enough. My visor got fogged.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Breathe Cool Enough Flowing Found Gemini Good Got Keep Me Out Oxygen Well

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I walked on the Moon. What can’t you do?

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Moon Walked You

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Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Accomplishment Book Close Decades Decay Exploration Five Human Leader Path Seeing Space Space Exploration Today

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Nobody can take those footsteps I made on the surface of the moon away from me.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Away Footsteps Made Me Moon Nobody Surface Take Those

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One of the most important things about the geology on the moon is your descriptions of what you see, comparing them to things that you've seen on Earth so that the geologists and the scientists on the ground would know what you're talking about; and then take pictures of them.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: About Comparing Descriptions Earth Geology Ground Important Important Things Know Moon Most Pictures Scientists See Seen Take Talking The Most Important Them Then Things Would You Your

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To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Always Astronaut Become Come Commit Dream He He Or She Himself His Making Own She Someone Something Then True Wanted

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It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.

~Gene Cernan

Topics: Destiny Explore Nation Our

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: March 14th, 1934

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