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Houston, we've had a problem.

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I was born a year after Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic.

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The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they're successful, people get bored.

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I take the NASA physical every year.

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I would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be a consortium of several countries.

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For some time, I thought Apollo 13 was a failure. I was disappointed I didn't get to land on the moon. But actually, it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened.

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After six successful Apollo flights, including two lunar landings, people were getting bored.

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People say, 'Did you violate Heaven?' Well, God is down here, too. If you believe in God, you believe in God here as well as 240,000 miles away.

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We didn't slow down, unlike the others, when we got to the moon because we needed its gravity to get back, so we hold the altitude record. I never even thought about it. Records are only made to be broken.

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If you're going to go into space, you have to have an objective, a mission. Where do you want to go? Earth orbit? The moon? Mars? What's the technology to get there? You develop the technology for the mission.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: March 25th, 1928

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