It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
Neil ArmstrongTags: perspective earth space astronaut
I looked and looked but I didn't see God.
[Speaking about, in 1961, becoming the first human to enter space.]
Tags: russia astronaut first-man-in-space
Yes, there have been ET visitations. There have been crashed craft. There have been material and bodies recovered. There has been a certain amount of reverse engineering that has allowed some of these craft, or some components, to be duplicated. And there is some group of people that may or may not be associated with government at this point that have this knowledge. They have been attempting to conceal this knowledge. People in high level government have very little, if any, valid information about this. It has been the subject of disinformation in order to deflect attention and create confusion so the truth doesn’t come out.
Edgar D. MitchellTags: conspiracy aliens space astronaut extraterrestrial
After an orange cloud — formed as a result of a dust storm over the Sahara and caught up by air currents — reached the Philippines and settled there with rain, I understood that we are all sailing in the same boat.
Vladimir KovalyovTags: astronaut
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.
Edgar D. MitchellTags: science politics world humanity moon space astronaut
Did you know that in space it's very, very cold? And there's no oxygen? And if an astronaut fell out of a shuttle without his suit he'd die right away?"
I'm a fast learner. "But that would never happen. Because astronauts are really, really careful."
George gives me a smile, the same dazzling sweet smile as his big brother, although at this point, with green teeth. "I might marry you," he allows. "Do you want a big family?
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Gravity hurts.
Viktor Alexandrov Moon HoaxTags: pain space gravity astronaut
Gravity hurts
Viktor AlexandrovTags: pain hurt space gravity astronaut
Also I didn't have 20/20 vision which you needed to be a pilot. But I said you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.
Mark HaddonTags: truth belief wishes autism astronaut aspergers-syndrome
Ben had never seen his mother cry before, and it startled him, so he didn't ask again. Right afterward she'd put on her favorite record and played a mysterious song called "Space Oddity," about an astronaut named Major Tom who gets lost in space. She used to listen to the song over and over again. With her eyes closed, she'd place the palm of her hand against the fabric of the speaker, so she could feel it vibrate against her skin.
Brian SelznickTags: music mother space astronaut david-bowie major-tom space-oddity
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