Alan Shepard Quotes About Earth
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I can hit it farther on the moon. But actually, my swing is better here on Earth.
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If somebody'd said before the flight, 'Are you going to get carried away looking at the Earth from the Moon?' I would have say, 'No, no way.' But yet when I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon, I cried.
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I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space.
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When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried
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Alan Shepard
- Born: November 18, 1923
- Died: July 21, 1998
- Occupation: United States Naval Aviator