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Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard
American Astronaut
Born: Nov 18, 1923
Died: Jul 21, 1998
Good Me Pilot Space Think You
Related authors: Buzz Aldrin Christa McAuliffe Ellen Ochoa Jim Lovell John Glenn Mae Jemison Neil Armstrong Sally Ride
It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. Alan Shepard
Government Safety Space Feeling Determined Factor Bidder Contract Up Very Sobering Realize Lowest
Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back. Alan Shepard
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You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing. Alan Shepard
You Extra More Attention Talent Doing Any May Maybe Just Paying
I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all. Alan Shepard
History Must Admit Piece Am Maybe After
Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess. Alan Shepard
Sports School Our Ran Those Out Days Course Around Yard Were Grade Grade School Just Organized Recess
I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student. Alan Shepard
Good Me Science Mind Think Physical Some Pretty Pretty Good Physical Science More Good Student Student Studying Obviously Math Subjects Than Artistic Interested
So everything turned out fine, and we were given the opportunity to go to Washington and be briefed on the project of man in space, and given the opportunity to choose whether we wanted to get involved or not. Alan Shepard
Man Opportunity Space Everything Project Out Fine Given Involved Go Were Get Wanted Whether Turned Choose Washington
I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds. Alan Shepard
Success Survival Odds Think Those Statistics Willing Take Mission Said Were Maybe Which Us Certainly Believed Chance
The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that. Alan Shepard
Attitude Pilot Speed Way Airplane Would Had He Looked His Same Us Flew Orientation
The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad. Alan Shepard
Me Space Build Launch Carrying Excitement Stuff Until Sort Trailer Up Which Pad Really Start Pulled Suit
Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars. Alan Shepard
Morning Ride Every Teens Later Airplane Airport Out Ten Clean Clean Up Push Up Bike Miles Used Away Nearest Saturday Saturday Morning Early
The rocket had worked perfectly, and all I had to do was survive the reentry forces. You do it all, in a flight like that, in a rather short period of time, just 16 minutes as a matter of fact. Alan Shepard
Time You Matter Minutes Rather Fact Had Perfectly Like Period Forces Rocket Survive Short Just Short Period Worked Flight
We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college. Alan Shepard
Family Me Financial College Difficult Would Would-Be Knew Also Because Go Condition
I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me. Alan Shepard
Teacher Me Smart Think Enough Say Finish Glad Like Perhaps Years Five Get Grades Six Just Rid
And I think that still is true of this business - which is basically research and development - that you probably spend more time in planning and training and designing for things to go wrong, and how you cope with them, than you do for things to go right. Alan Shepard
Time You Business Training Research Think Spend More Wrong True Development How Still Go Than Which Them Planning Cope Right Things Designing Basically
Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to worry about the hatch, how to get in the sling, and so on. Alan Shepard
Cleaning Worry Hatch Inside About Delighted Cabin Had Over Course How Still Up Get Flight
The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed. Alan Shepard
Ride First More Buddy Feet Because Built Off Than Get Crashed Unfortunately Plane Ground Homemade Four
We wanted to be in great shape, we wanted to be able to cope with zero gravity, we wanted to be able to cope with accelerations and decelerations and so on. So all of us trained so that we were probably in the best physical condition we had ever been in up until that point. Alan Shepard
Best Great Physical Able Point Shape Had Until Were Been Condition Up Trained Wanted Us Ever Zero Cope Gravity

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