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. Mitchell

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we roar along the rust belts——the great red spot——the polar vortex——the caress of solar flares——ruffle the molten methane and ammonia oceans of me——the storm-riven non-surface of me and mine——that which you call skin——a threadbare term to describe where I stop and others begin——

~ Yann Rousselot

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Some say God is living there [in space]. I was looking around very attentively, but I did not see anyone there. I did not detect either angels or gods....I don't believe in God. I believe in man - his strength, his possibilities, his reason.

~ Gherman Titov

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Also I didn't habe 20/20 vision whch you needed to be a pilot. But I said you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.

~ Mark Haddon

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Open collaboration encourages greater accountability, which in turn fosters trust.

~ Ron Garan

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We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act.

~ Ron Garan

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We're all astronauts, really, aren't we; interstellar astronauts, travelling so far into the blackness we can never return.

~ S.k. Tremayne

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If we adopt the same collaborative mindset and practices that got to the moon and back, and that built the International Space Station, we can alleviate poverty—and do much more.

~ Ron Garan

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Collaboration begins with mutual understanding and respect.

~ Astronaut Ron Garan

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Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.

~ Ron Garan

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This was exactly what I experienced in space: immense gratitude for the opportunity to see Earth from this vantage, and for the gift of the planet we've been given.

~ Ron Garan

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Curiosity is the essence of our existence.

~ Gene Cernan

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A partner's different perspective is valuable, but the very fact that it is different means that it will require work, humility, time, and resources to incorporate that perspective. At times, this will require checking one's pride at the door.

~ Ron Garan

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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 Armstrong

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From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck, drag him a quarter of a million miles out, and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitch.

~ Ed Mitchell

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Everyone I have spoken with about working with the Russians in space exploration believes that the United States has learned a great deal from Russia and that Russia has learned a great deal from the United States – and that the entire international space partnership is much better because of it.

~ Ron Garan

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And in that moment, I was hit with the realization that this delicate layer of atmosphere is all that protects every living thing on Earth from perishing in the harshness of space.

~ Ron Garan

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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. Mitchell

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At this point I thought 'We made it,' by which I meant 'We survived.' I also was acutely aware that my childhood dream of flying into space had just come true.

~ Ron Garan

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I lay on my back, surprised at how calm and focused I felt, strapped to four and a half million pounds of explosives.

~ Ron Garan

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Gravity hurts.

~ Viktor Alexandrov Moon Hoax

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They've said your name sounds like an astronaut, but you don't go ascend above the sky.Don't you know you are a fall from the shooting star?

~ Honouriabread

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To be healthy in modern society, you must adopt the behaviors of an astronaut!

~ Steven Magee

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