We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space.
Alan ShepardWe also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.
Alan ShepardIf 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.
Alan ShepardThe excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad.
Alan Shepard