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> [You could see the flames and the outer skin of the spacecraft glowing; and burning, baseball size chunks flying off behind us. It was an eerie feeling, like being a gnat inside a blowtorch flame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-anders/you-could-see-the-flames-and-the-outer-skin-of-the-spacecraft-glowing/)

[William Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-anders/)

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## More by William Anders

> [I think the thing that impressed me the most was the Lunar's sunrises and sunsets. These in particular bring out the stark nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-anders/i-think-the-thing-that-impressed-me-the-most-was-the-lunar-s-sunrises/)

[William Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-anders/)

> [It's tiny out there...it's inconsequential. It's ironic that we had come to study the Moon and it was really discovering the Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-anders/it-s-tiny-out-there-it-s-inconsequential-it-s-ironic-that-we-had-come/)

[William Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-anders/)

> [You could see the flames and the outer skin of the spacecraft glowing; and burning, baseball size chunks flying off behind us. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-anders/you-could-see-the-flames-and-the-outer-skin-of-the-spacecraft-glowing/)

[William Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-anders/)

> [Is the Moon made out of green cheese? No, it's American cheese.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-anders/is-the-moon-made-out-of-green-cheese-no-it-s-american-cheese/)

[William Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-anders/)

> [Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no definition -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-anders/looks-like-a-sand-pile-my-kids-have-been-playing-in-for-a-long-time/)

[William Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-anders/)

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