It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.
Alan ShepardOf course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.
Alan ShepardThere'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.
Alan Shepard