811 quotes by astronauts for you to enjoy

I really like connecting with kids. Gregory H. Johnson

Kids Like Really Connecting

I was a military brat; we moved all around. Gregory H. Johnson

Military All-Around Around Brat Moved

Work Good Good Work

They don't hand out Ph.D.s in test piloting, but you pick up a tremendous amount of scientific and engineering knowledge along the way. After all, when you take up a brand new plane and put it through its paces to see if it will hang together, you are really flying somebody's theory. Gus Grissom

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I was sent to Korea, which was excellent training for what came later. I was assigned to remain on duty until I completed one hundred combat missions - or got knocked out - whichever came first. Gus Grissom

Training First Duty Hundred Later Completed Out Remain Excellent Combat Knocked Missions Until Got Korea Came Which Sent Assigned

This is what I wanted all along, and after I finished my studies and begun the job of testing jet aircraft, well, there wasn't a happier pilot in the air force. Gus Grissom

Air Force Pilot Job Finished Jet Air Aircraft Studies Along Well Force Testing Begun Wanted After Happier

I was stationed at the flight test center at Wright-Patterson, and I was flying a wide range of airplanes and giving them a lot of different tests. It was a job that I thoroughly enjoyed. Gus Grissom

Job Giving Thoroughly Flying Range Airplane Test Tests Lot Different Center Them Flight Wide Enjoyed Wide Range

I thought it would be good for the engineers and workmen who were building my spacecraft to see the pilot who would have to fly it hanging around. It might make them just a little more careful than they already were and a little more eager to get the work done on time if they saw how much I cared. Gus Grissom

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I did not think my chances were very big when I saw some of the other men who were competing for the team. They were a good group, and I had a lot of respect for them. But I decided to give it the old school try and to take some of NASA's tests. Gus Grissom

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