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Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.

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He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one.

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I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced.

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I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.

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I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

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I saw the booster, not Sputnik, flying by, and I said, maybe this is the way we should be going, not just sitting back waiting for something to happen.

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Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it.

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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.

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We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.

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When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: March 12th, 1923

Died: May 3rd, 2007

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