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Charles Duke

(1935) Air Force Officer

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Charles Duke is an air force officer, best known for An English-Greek lexicon.

Quick Facts About Charles Duke

Born: October 3, 1935
Profession: Air Force Officer
Notable works: An English-Greek lexicon

About Charles Duke

Charles Moss Duke Jr. is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot who, as Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, became the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days. Duke is one of four surviving Moon walkers, along with David Scott, Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Charles Duke

Of course, mankind would not have landed on the Moon in 1969, were it not for two things: conquered Nazi rocket technology…

Conquered

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I think a Moon base is not necessary to get to Mars, but I think it will be helpful. It would give…

Base

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It certainly is possible to construct a moon base in such a way that crews could stay for extended periods of time.

Base

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We've been to the Moon nine times. Why would we fake it nine times, if we faked it?

Fake

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I think the future of lunar bases has to be somewhere around the South or North Pole. You have less variation in…

Around

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You wouldn't want to land on the Moon and launch to Mars. That would be very inefficient.

Inefficient

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I always respected Neil Armstrong highly. He was probably the coolest under pressure of anyone I ever had the privilege of flying…

Always

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Roger. We've got you, we're go on that alarm.

Alarms

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Buzz Aldrin doesn't think we need to go back to the Moon - that we should go straight on to Mars. I'm…

Back

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Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks…

Apollo

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It was a texture. The blackness was so intense.

Blackness

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I was able to look out the window to see this incredible sight of the whole circle of the Earth. Oceans were…

Able

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Roger, we copy. It was beautiful from here, Tranquility. Over.

Apollo

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Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.

Exploration

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Roger, we're go on that alarm

Alarms

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My walk on the moon lasted three days. My walk with God will last forever.

Days

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The only time I had what you would call life-threatening fear was when I was on the Moon. Towards the end of…

Backpack

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I'm proud to be an American, I'll tell you. What a program and what a place and what an experience.

Apollo

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Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The…

Advert

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The Moon was the most spectacularly beautiful desert you could ever imagine. Unspoilt. Untouched. It had a vibrancy about it and the…

Beautiful

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