I guess those of us who have been with NASA kind of understand the tremendous excitement and thrills and celebrations and national pride that went with the Apollo program is just something you're not going to create again, probably until… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad. — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
“If you don't use your experience, your past is wasted, and you are betraying yourself.” — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand-trap shot here. — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Because of the suit I was wearing, I couldn't make a good pivot on the swing. And I had to hit the ball with… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
There'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… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
Then I thought, with the same clubhead speed, the ball's going to go at least six times as far. There's absolutely no drag, so… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
