--- title: "3 Apollo Quotes By Alan Stern" description: "3 Apollo quotes by Alan Stern. Plus more from Alan Stern and more Apollo sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/alan-stern-5283_apollo_i-think-if-you-were-between-maybe-6-and_54840.png" --- > [I think if you were between maybe 6 and 16, there was nothing like Apollo, and I wonder if there can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/i-think-if-you-were-between-maybe-6-and-16-there-was-nothing-like/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/alan-stern-5283_apollo_i-think-if-you-were-between-maybe-6-and_54840.png) > [The basic story for Golden Spike is that we discovered a way to create do-it-yourself Apollo programs for other countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/the-basic-story-for-golden-spike-is-that-we-discovered-a-way-to/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/alan-stern-5283_apollo_the-basic-story-for-golden-spike-is-that_893870.png) > [During one of the Apollo missions, I saw Walter Cronkite showing off the flight plan. It just mesmerized me. All this detail!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/during-one-of-the-apollo-missions-i-saw-walter-cronkite-showing-off/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/alan-stern-5283_apollo_during-one-of-the-apollo-missions-i-saw_1868170.png) ## Other authors on Apollo - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/rick-riordan/) - [Jennifer L. Armentrout 23 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/jennifer-l-armentrout/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-buzz-aldrin-20404.jpg) Buzz Aldrin 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/buzz-aldrin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-armstrong-70673.jpg) Neil Armstrong 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/neil-armstrong/) - [Lisa Kessler 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/lisa-kessler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-f-kennedy-51344.jpg) John F. Kennedy 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/john-f-kennedy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carrie-preston-21406.jpg) Wally Schirra 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/wally-schirra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-lovell-49818.jpg) Jim Lovell 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/jim-lovell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gene-cernan-37235.jpg) Gene Cernan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/gene-cernan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-pogue-27852.jpg) Charles Duke 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/charles-duke/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/carl-sagan/) ## More by Alan Stern > [Competition-driven innovation and price pressure that commercial practices foster can only make human spaceflight ever more common and U.S. leadership in this domain ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/competition-driven-innovation-and-price-pressure-that-commercial/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [Of course Pluto is a planet: It's massive enough to have its shape controlled by gravity rather than material strength, which is the hallmark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/of-course-pluto-is-a-planet-it-s-massive-enough-to-have-its-shape/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [It used to be said that Pluto is a misfit. But now we know Earth is the misfit. This is the most populous class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/it-used-to-be-said-that-pluto-is-a-misfit-but-now-we-know-earth-is/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [The Kuiper belt region, which I call the third zone because it lies beyond the rocky terrestrial planets and beyond the giant planets, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/the-kuiper-belt-region-which-i-call-the-third-zone-because-it-lies/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [I think if you were between maybe 6 and 16, there was nothing like Apollo, and I wonder if there can be something like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/i-think-if-you-were-between-maybe-6-and-16-there-was-nothing-like/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [If you put Earth out beyond Neptune, you wouldn't be able to call it a planet because it couldn't clear its zone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/if-you-put-earth-out-beyond-neptune-you-wouldn-t-be-able-to-call-it-a/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [Why would you listen to an astronomer about a planet?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/why-would-you-listen-to-an-astronomer-about-a-planet/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [When we first sent missions to Jupiter, no one expected to find moons that would have active volcanoes. And I could go down a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/when-we-first-sent-missions-to-jupiter-no-one-expected-to-find-moons/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [Pluto is still active four and a half billion years into its history. It was expected that small planets like Pluto would cool off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/pluto-is-still-active-four-and-a-half-billion-years-into-its-history/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [The Kuiper Belt is the largest mapped structure in our planetary system, three times as big as all the territory from the sun out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/the-kuiper-belt-is-the-largest-mapped-structure-in-our-planetary/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [If two billion people wanted to watch a robot fly by Pluto, imagine what it will be like when the first humans step on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/if-two-billion-people-wanted-to-watch-a-robot-fly-by-pluto-imagine/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [To keep everyone invested in your vision, you have to back up a little bit and really analyze who the different stakeholders are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/to-keep-everyone-invested-in-your-vision-you-have-to-back-up-a-little/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [We're going to find Marses and maybe Earths out in the solar system's attic of the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/we-re-going-to-find-marses-and-maybe-earths-out-in-the-solar-system-s/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [One of the implications of the discovery of the Kuiper Belt and its many small planets is that many scientists now think of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/one-of-the-implications-of-the-discovery-of-the-kuiper-belt-and-its/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) > [CASIS has to succeed because for it not to succeed would be a huge setback for the International Space Station program.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/casis-has-to-succeed-because-for-it-not-to-succeed-would-be-a-huge/) [Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apollo/alan-stern/#itemlist", "name": "3 Apollo Quotes By Alan Stern", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think if you were between maybe 6 and 16, there was nothing like Apollo, and I wonder if there can be something like that again. 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