Gene Cernan Quotes

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• Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the moon, somewhat disappointing. It says…
• It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.
• I've been asked about UFOs and I've said publicly I thought they were somebody else, some other civilization.
• The mass gross absence of sound in space is more than just silence.
• I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where I am when…
• Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time I fly.
• Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor. It's been far too long.
• Curiosity is the essence of human existence.
• Once I finally stepped on the moon, no matter what was to come of the next three days - or the rest of my life…
• As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all…
• Another hundred years may pass before we understand the true significance of Apollo. Lunar exploration was not the equivalent of an American pyramid, some idle…
• OK, let's get this mother out of here.
• As I step off at the surface at Taurus-Littrow, I'd like to dedicate the first step of Apollo 17 to all those who made it…
• I hold the world speed record downhill, in a Rover. I think it was 17 kilometers per hour, downhill.
• Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space…
• If the guidance failed or started to stray or went somewhere we didn't like or the ground didn't like, I could flip a switch, and…
• One of the most important things about the geology on the moon is your descriptions of what you see, comparing them to things that you've…
• The countdown reached ten seconds and I could almost hear an invisible crescendo of stirring background music. 'Anchors aweigh!' Five, four, three, two, one... and…
• The moon is bland in color. I call it shades of gray. You know, the only color we see is what we bring or the…
• We don't have the capability today to put a human being in space of any kind, shape or form, which is absolutely, totally unacceptable when…

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