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title: "13 Apollo Program Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 13 Apollo Program quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Apollo Program sayings and thoughts."
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> [I was working as a flight director on the Gemini IX mission, and it seemed almost overnight I was picking up the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kranz/i-was-working-as-a-flight-director-on-the-gemini-ix-mission-and-it/)

[Gene Kranz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kranz/)

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> [Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-schirra/kennedy-had-made-a-mess-in-cuba-at-the-bay-of-pigs-he-had-to-do/)

[Wally Schirra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-schirra/)

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> [I cycled on a crew assignment as the backup commander on Apollo 16 and would have flown Apollo 19 on a return…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-haise/i-cycled-on-a-crew-assignment-as-the-backup-commander-on-apollo-16/)

[Fred Haise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-haise/)

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> [I guess those of us who have been with NASA kind of understand the tremendous excitement and thrills and celebrations and national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/i-guess-those-of-us-who-have-been-with-nasa-kind-of-understand-the/)

[Alan Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-shepard/)

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> [If the United States commits to the goal of reaching Mars, it will almost certainly do so in reaction to the progress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-the-united-states-commits-to-the-goal-of-reaching-mars-it-will/)

[Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/)

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> [The Apollo program certainly had no real commercial value. It was done for very different reasons and, I think, very good reasons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/the-apollo-program-certainly-had-no-real-commercial-value-it-was-done/)

[Jeff Bezos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bezos/)

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> [I grew up watching a lot of the coverage of the early U.S. space program, all the way back starting with Mercury…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-m-godwin/i-grew-up-watching-a-lot-of-the-coverage-of-the-early-u-s-space/)

[Linda M. Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-m-godwin/)

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> [Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/millions-of-people-were-inspired-by-the-apollo-program-i-was-five/)

[Jeff Bezos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bezos/)

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> [In less than 70 hours, three astronauts will be launched on the flight of Apollo 8 from the Cape Kennedy Space Center…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-f-lederer/in-less-than-70-hours-three-astronauts-will-be-launched-on-the-flight/)

[Jerome F. Lederer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-f-lederer/)

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> [As a youngster, I read of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buzz-aldrin/as-a-youngster-i-read-of-buck-rogers-and-flash-gordon-as-a-student-i/)

[Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buzz-aldrin/)

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> [“The scope and audacity of John Kennedy’s May 25, 1961, message to a joint session of Congress on “Urgent National Needs”—the speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-scope-and-audacity-of-john-kennedy-s-may-25-1961-message-to-a/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [“There was a vague feeling within the agency (though with several notable exceptions) that direct ascent would eventually be the answer, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-g-brooks-james-m-grimwood-loyd-s-swenson/there-was-a-vague-feeling-within-the-agency-though-with-several/)

[Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-g-brooks-james-m-grimwood-loyd-s-swenson/)

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> [There's no doubt who was a leader in space after the Apollo Program. Nobody came close to us. And our education system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buzz-aldrin/there-s-no-doubt-who-was-a-leader-in-space-after-the-apollo-program/)

[Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buzz-aldrin/)

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