The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

But we, Equality 7-2521, are glad to be living. If this is a vice, then we wish no virtue.

We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.

We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on.

Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars.

I woke up an hour before I was supposed to, and started going over the mental checklist: where do I go from here, what do I do? I don&#39;t remember eating anything at all, just going through the physical, getting into the suit. We practiced that so much, it was all rote.

Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you&#39;ve got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

I didn&#39;t mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

Alan Shepard

Quotes by Alan Shepard

Written By Alan Shepard

Written By Alan Shepard

Written By Alan Shepard

Written By Alan Shepard

Written By Alan Shepard

Written By Alan Shepard

Written By Alan Shepard

Written By Alan Shepard

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