The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed.
Alan ShepardI 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.
Alan ShepardI didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.
Alan Shepard