“I grew up watching a lot of the coverage of the early U.S. space program, all the way back starting with Mercury and then through Gemini and Apollo and of course going to the moon as the main part of the Apollo program.” WayCoursesSpaceGrewMoonGrew UpProgramStartingApolloCoverageMercurySpace Program Author:Linda M. Godwin
“I guess those of us who have been with NASA kind of understand the tremendous excitement and thrills and celebrations and national pride that went with the Apollo program is just something you're not going to create again, probably until we go to Mars.” KindHas BeensPrideProgramExcitementCelebrationMarsApolloNasaNational Pride Author:Alan Shepard
“As a youngster, I read of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. And as a fighter pilot, I observed the selection of the Mercury astronauts. All this was fascinating, but I really didn't think I would ever be a part of it. It was only when my good friend Ed White was selected as a Gemini astronaut that I decided to join NASA as part of the Apollo program.” ThinkingWhiteFictionStudentsProgramDecidedScience FictionFighterReportsFascinatingPilotsFlashGood FriendSelectionApolloAstronautBucksRogerSelectedNasaYoungstersMercuryFighter PilotBuck RogersFlash Gordon Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help?” DoeHelpingNationsGoalAchieveStyleReturnMoonResourcesProgramDollarsBillionsHelping OthersMake SenseTrailsApollo Author:Buzz Aldrin
“There's no doubt who was a leader in space after the Apollo Program. Nobody came close to us. And our education system, in science, technology, engineering and math, was at the top of the world. It's no longer there. We're descending rather rapidly.” WorldSpaceLeaderTechnologyDoubtProgramMathNo DoubtEngineeringApolloEducation SystemDescendingTop Of The WorldScience Technology Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Of course, I was completely enthralled by the space program as a kid - particularly Apollo 11 - and was glued to the television like most of the world. Then I stopped thinking about it too much. I was a little disappointed that they weren't going on to Mars at the time, but I didn't think much of it. I was more interested in becoming a director at that point in my life and falling in love, things like that.” ThinkingWorldLittlesKidsFallCoursesSpaceToo MuchTelevisionBecomingDirectorsProgramFalling In LoveDisappointedMarsApolloSpace ProgramApollo 11 Author:Ron Howard
“We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is only part of it. American culture worships explorers - look at the fame of Lewis and Clark, for example. The American people want to think of themselves as supporting exploration.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksHeartCultureSpaceSpecialExampleFameElementsWorshipProgramNostalgiaFlightExplorationAmerican CultureApolloExplorersSpecial PlacesSpace FlightLewis And Clark Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration.” PeopleYearsBigsPassionMillionsDoubtFiveTelevisionProgramInspiredFive YearsExplorationEngineeringMy PassionApolloFive Year OldsContributorsApollo 11 Author:Jeff Bezos
“Scientists constantly get clobbered with the idea that we spent 27 billion dollars on the Apollo programs, and are asked "What more do you want?" We didn't spend it; it was done for political reasons. ... Apollo was a response to the Bay of Pigs fiasco and to the successful orbital flight of Yuri Gagarin. President Kennedy's objective was not to find out the origin of the moon by the end of the decade; rather it was to put a man on the moon and bring him back, and we did that.” MenWantIdeasEndsReasonDoneSciencePoliticalPresidentSuccessfulMoonProgramScientistDollarsResponseDecadesBillionsObjectivesFlightPigsApolloFiascoPresident KennedyBay Of Pigs Author:Carl Sagan
“I suspect that even though the various questions are difficult and many, they are not as difficult and many as those we faced when we started the Apollo [space program] in 1961.” DifficultSpaceProgramVariousSuspectsApolloSpace Program Author:Neil Armstrong