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Jim Lovell
Jim Lovell
American Astronaut
Born: Mar 25, 1928
Moon People Space Thought Time You
Related authors: Alan Shepard Buzz Aldrin Christa McAuliffe Ellen Ochoa John Glenn Mae Jemison Neil Armstrong Sally Ride
There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen. Jim Lovell
Success You People Make Makes Wonder Person Happen Happened Successful Who Things Things Happen Watch Need
We got to the moon on Christmas Eve 1968, at the end of a poor year for this country. We had Vietnam. We had civil unrest. We had the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. But we went around the moon and saw the far side for the first time. A script writer couldn't have done a better job of raising people's hope. Jim Lovell
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Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job. Jim Lovell
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The lunar flights give you a correct perception of our existence. You look back at Earth from the moon, and you can put your thumb up to the window and hide the Earth behind your thumb. Everything you've ever known is behind your thumb, and that blue-and-white ball is orbiting a rather normal star, tucked away on the outer edge of a galaxy. Jim Lovell
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I could put my thumb up to a window and completely hide the Earth. I thought, 'Everything I've ever known is behind my thumb.' Jim Lovell
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If you're going to go into space, you have to have an objective, a mission. Where do you want to go? Earth orbit? The moon? Mars? What's the technology to get there? You develop the technology for the mission. Jim Lovell
You Technology Space Moon Earth Mars Objective Develop Mission Go Get Going Orbit Where Want
My view is that we should go back to the moon, build up the infrastructure to make flights there commonplace - be comfortable with it - then use that infrastructure to expand and go to Mars. Jim Lovell
Moon Build Back Mars Make Comfortable Go Up Expand Commonplace Infrastructure To The Moon Then Should View Use Flights
The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand. Jim Lovell
Moon Beach Paris Color Like Looks Sort Essentially Sand Plaster Gray
I would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be a consortium of several countries. Jim Lovell
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In space-flight terms, six landings on the moon back in the Sixties and Seventies doesn't mean much. Jim Lovell
Moon Back Seventies Terms Six Sixties Mean Much
Mars is a long ways away. The moon is only 240,000 miles, but Mars is in the millions. It's too risky without spending more time going to the moon. Jim Lovell
Time Moon Long Too Spending Ways Mars More Only Risky Without Going To The Moon Miles Away Millions

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