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Pete Conrad

(1930–1999) Military Officer

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Pete Conrad was a military officer, best known for Arbiters.

Quick Facts About Pete Conrad

Born: June 2, 1930
Died: July 8, 1999
Profession: Military Officer
Notable works: Arbiters

About Pete Conrad

Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected for NASA's second astronaut class in 1962.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Pete Conrad

The flight was extremely normal . . . for the first 36 seconds then after that got very interesting.

Firsts

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I think we need to do a little more all-weather testing.

Littles

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I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for…

Billions

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I fully expect that NASA will send me back to the moon as they treated Sen. Glenn, and if they don't do…

Moon

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If you can’t be good, be colorful.

Be good

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[Answering whether there was life in other worlds, he said there probably was.] After all, there's plenty of unearthly looking things moving…

Chance

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Time flies when you're having fun, and I've been having fun for the last thirty years. Reflecting on the upcoming 30th anniversary…

Apollo

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Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going.

Baby

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