You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in … - Alan Shepard

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When I've written for Bill Murray - I've written six films for him - people would read it and say, "Oh, that's so perfectly Bill. " He'd read it and say, "Are you kidding? I can't say these words. " So it's all about perception.

Alan Shepard

You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft.

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I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space.

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When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

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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 government contract.

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

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If somebody'd said before the flight, 'Are you going to get carried away looking at the Earth from the Moon?' I would have say, 'No, no way. ' But yet when I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon, I cried.

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