Alan Shepard Quotes About Moon
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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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I know you're all saying I can go to the moon but I can't find Pasadena.
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Al is on the surface. And it's been a long way, but we're here.
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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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There's no question that all the generations got excited about the first flights, with Kennedy's inspiration to go to the moon, leaving the planet for the first time, and fortunately coming back.
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I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this man on the moon.
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On the periscope . . . . What a beautiful view. Cloud cover over Florida - three to four tenths near the eastern coast. Obscured up to Hatteras . . . I can see [lake] Okeechobee. Identify Andros Island. Identify the reefs.
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When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried
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Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?
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Alan Shepard
- Born: November 18, 1923
- Died: July 21, 1998
- Occupation: United States Naval Aviator