61 Quotes by Wally Schirra

When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don’t keep something to yourself.

When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that’s not a rendezvous, that’s a passing acquaintance. When he walks across the street and nibbles on her ear, that’s a rendezvous!

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It’s very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.

Some of the wives didn’t keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.

I played English football – soccer – instead of American football, because we couldn’t afford the equipment.

I’ve always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.

Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn’t come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!

I don’t think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.

I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.