"Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on,……" — Norman Mailer

"Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on, helmet on, plugged into electrical and environmental umbilical's, is the man who is not only a machine himself in the links of these networks, but is also a man sitting in (what Collins is later to call) a 'mini-cathedral.' a man somewhat more than a pilot, somewhat more than a superpilot, is in fact a veritable high priest of the forces of society and scientific history concentrated in that mini cathedral, a general of the church of the forces of technology."

Norman Mailer

160 Quotes by Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer has 160 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 160 quotes by Norman Mailer »

More Apollo Quotes

This quote is filed under Apollo Quotes, one of 158 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

See all 158 Apollo Quotes »