Quotes
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
The greatest enemy of progress is the illusion of knowledge. -John Young
If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. -Gus Grissom
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. -Neil Armstrong
(The most widely known astronaut quote on this planet)
Apollo 13
The second most widely known astronaut quote, "Houston we've got a problem here."
John "Jack" Swigert Jr.said that to inform Mission Control of an explosion aboard Apollo 13 space ship.
Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) failed two days into the mission. The crew instead looped around the Moon in a circumlunar trajectory and returned safely to Earth on April 17. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell, with Jack Swigert as command module (CM) pilot and Fred Haise as Lunar Module (LM) pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for Ken Mattingly, who was grounded after exposure to rubella. Jack Swigert was born August 30, 1931, Denver, Colorado.
Swigert graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1953 and was awarded a master’s degree by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, in 1965.
Swigert was elected a Congressman from Colorado in 1982, but died of cancer before he could be sworn in. He died December 27, 1982, in Washington, D.C.
(some material from Becoming Colorado and Wikipedia)
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
The greatest enemy of progress is the illusion of knowledge. -John Young
If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. -Gus Grissom
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. -Neil Armstrong
(The most widely known astronaut quote on this planet)
Apollo 13
The second most widely known astronaut quote, "Houston we've got a problem here."
John "Jack" Swigert Jr.said that to inform Mission Control of an explosion aboard Apollo 13 space ship.
Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) failed two days into the mission. The crew instead looped around the Moon in a circumlunar trajectory and returned safely to Earth on April 17. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell, with Jack Swigert as command module (CM) pilot and Fred Haise as Lunar Module (LM) pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for Ken Mattingly, who was grounded after exposure to rubella. Jack Swigert was born August 30, 1931, Denver, Colorado.
Swigert graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1953 and was awarded a master’s degree by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, in 1965.
Swigert was elected a Congressman from Colorado in 1982, but died of cancer before he could be sworn in. He died December 27, 1982, in Washington, D.C.
(some material from Becoming Colorado and Wikipedia)
Jack Swigert