The same way people are now paying a couple thousand dollars to fly to other parts of the world, people will be… — 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
