I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
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Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Neil ArmstrongThe one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will…
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim up…
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Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
Research is creating new knowledge.
All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the g…
This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. T…