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> [“The last man on the moon, Gene Cernan, had paused for a final look at the black beauty of the world about him. He had a message to send home before departing. “As I take these last steps from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/the-last-man-on-the-moon-gene-cernan-had-paused-for-a-final-look-at/)

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

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## More by Alan Shepard

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/i-realized-up-there-that-our-planet-is-not-infinite-it-s-fragile-that/)

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

> [“If you don't use your experience, your past is wasted, and you are betraying yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/if-you-don-t-use-your-experience-your-past-is-wasted-and-you-are/)

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

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/unfortunately-the-suit-is-so-stiff-i-can-t-do-this-with-two-hands-but/)

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

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/i-think-about-the-personal-accomplishment-but-there-s-more-of-a-sense/)

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

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/the-first-plane-ride-was-in-a-homemade-glider-my-buddy-and-i-built/)

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

> [It's been a long way, but we're here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/it-s-been-a-long-way-but-we-re-here/)

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

> [I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/i-must-admit-maybe-i-am-a-piece-of-history-after-all/)

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

> [Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/of-course-i-was-delighted-the-flight-was-over-but-i-still-had-to/)

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

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/because-of-the-suit-i-was-wearing-i-couldn-t-make-a-good-pivot-on-the/)

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

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/there-s-no-question-that-all-the-generations-got-excited-about-the/)

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

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/then-i-thought-with-the-same-clubhead-speed-the-ball-s-going-to-go-at/)

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

> [The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/the-pilot-looked-at-his-cues-of-attitude-and-speed-and-orientation/)

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

> [So everything turned out fine, and we were given the opportunity to go to Washington and be briefed on the project of man in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/so-everything-turned-out-fine-and-we-were-given-the-opportunity-to-go/)

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

> [Miles and miles and miles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/miles-and-miles-and-miles/)

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

> [Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/then-there-was-the-challenge-to-keep-doing-better-and-better-to-fly/)

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

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