"One of the most important things about the……" — Gene Cernan
"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 seen on Earth so that the geologists and the scientists on the ground would know what you're talking about; and then take pictures of them."
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Gene Cernan
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24 Quotes by Gene Cernan
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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…
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It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.
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I've been asked about UFOs and I've said publicly I thought they were somebody else, some other civilization.
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The mass gross absence of sound in space is more than just silence.
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I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I…
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Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time…
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Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor.…
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Curiosity is the essence of human existence.
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Once I finally stepped on the moon, no matter what was to come of the next three days - or…
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As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with…
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Another hundred years may pass before we understand the true significance of Apollo. Lunar exploration was not the equivalent of…
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OK, let's get this mother out of here.
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