Crossings Quote by John Glenn

“When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously…

— Adam Higginbotham

I recall a lecture by John Glenn, the first American to go into orbit. When asked what went through his mind while he was…

— Martin Rees

The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder

— Alan Shepard

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a…

— Alan Shepard

There are 20 different space agencies here in America, and I'm the last person that's put a man in a rocket and launched it.

— Mike Hughes

Q: What were you thinking when your colleagues were out there making cosmic history? A: I just kept reminding myself that every single component…

— Michael Collins

The rocket had worked perfectly, and all I had to do was survive the reentry forces. You do it all, in a flight like…

— Alan Shepard

The crossing of space ... may do much to turn men's minds outwards and away from their present tribal squabbles. In this sense, the…

— Arthur C. Clarke

The best people know that they should join a rocketship.

— Sam Altman

The ship's transporters - which let the crew 'beam' from place to place - really came out of a production need. I realized with…

— Gene Roddenberry

The younger generation of rocket engineers is just beginning. They are of the new generation to which space travel is not going to be…

— Willy Ley

The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet.

— Wernher von Braun