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Gene Cernan

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NASA has been scattered to the four winds.
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NASA has been scattered to the four winds.
We found out the Gemini spacesuit was, well, oxygen was flowing to keep me cool as well as to breathe, and it wasn't good enough. My visor got fogged.
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We found out the Gemini spacesuit was, well, oxygen was flowing to keep me cool as well as to breathe, and it wasn't good enough. My visor got fogged.
As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.
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As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.
I walked on the Moon. What can't you do?
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I walked on the Moon. What can't you do?
Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't know. I don't have any answers to those questions. I don't know what's over there around the corner. But I want to find out.
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Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't know. I don't have any answers to those questions. I don't know what's over there around the corner. But I want to find out.
Neil Armstrong was probably one of the most human guys I’ve ever known in my life.
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Neil Armstrong was probably one of the most human guys I’ve ever known in my life.
Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I’m not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home.
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Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I’m not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home.
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We’re only human beings.
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People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We’re only human beings.
Get the shuttle out of the garage. It’s in its prime of its life. How could we just put it away?
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Get the shuttle out of the garage. It’s in its prime of its life. How could we just put it away?
Some of the most exciting space education in the country is not coming out of Washington or New York or California or even Texas. It’s coming from a place in Kansas called the Cosmosphere.
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Some of the most exciting space education in the country is not coming out of Washington or New York or California or even Texas. It’s coming from a place in Kansas called the Cosmosphere.
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