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Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the rockets On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Unio

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Alan Shepard (4)Neil Armstrong (1)

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

— Alan Shepard, amazon.com

Tagged: planet, Landing, Rocket

“Neil’s voice was calm, confident, most of all clear. ‘Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.’ It was 4:17:42 P.M. EDT, Sunday, July 20, 1969.”

— Alan Shepard, amazon.com

Tagged: Man on the moon, Landing, calmness, confident

“It didn’t matter who liked whom, or on what side a man might find himself, because they were all on the side of a world of very definite finite resources, and they would all suffer terrifying consequences if they drained to bare bones the world that had conceived the life of the human race, fostered…”

— Alan Shepard, amazon.com

Tagged: purpose, human race, Consequence

“If you don't use your experience, your past is wasted, and you are betraying yourself.”

— Alan Shepard, amazon.com

Tagged: Experience, Past, Knowledge, Learning

“I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.”

— Neil Armstrong, amazon.com

Tagged: Postive, Time, Inspirational