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Wally Schirra

"Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick."

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"Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick."

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"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."

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"Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family."

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"It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters."

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"Children observe everything with caution."

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"The difference between a 'man' and a 'father' is that the former shares his genes, but latter gives his life."

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"Children are good learners. The first learn to act what they hear and see."

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"Blessed your mum, who carried you in a womb for nine months."

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"Children are the most fearless souls on earth."

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"He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one."
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"I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept."
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"At the end of our NASA careers, no one had a place for us in the military."
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"NASA should start thinking about this planet."
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"Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal,."
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"We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right."
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