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Wally Schirra

"Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days."

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"Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days."

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"He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one."
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"I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out."
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"NASA should start thinking about this planet."
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"When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it."
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"John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations."
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"Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while."
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"We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right."
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"Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!"
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"I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web."
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"I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced."
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