That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
I believe that every human has a finite amount of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
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.
That’s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind.
I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.
That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for 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 upstream.
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.
I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
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 great times and adventures in flight.
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.