I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us.
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As we begin to comprehend that the earth itself is a kind of manned spaceship hurtling through the infinity of space - it will seem increasingly absurd that we have not better organized the life of the human family.
A suburban local was stalled by a blizzard one winters night, and so deep was the snow that its passengers were unable to leave the car. Next morning the hundred and fifty-odd half-frozen commuters were startled to see a manned signal tower only a few hundred yards away. The signal-station attendant had seen the stalled train the night before, but when asked why hed done nothing about it, he answered, 'Its not in my territory.'
I think about 10 to 15 years later, we will have the ability to build our own space station and to carry out a manned moon landing.
I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century.
This is a sad day for NASA. ... But also one of renewed hope for the future of NASA's manned space flight program. The end of the Shuttle Program means that we will begin a new program that will be bigger better and more expensive than anything we have undertaken before. I'm proud of the people that have kept the shuttle going, but the Shuttle Program is done. Its time for the shuttle, like an old dog, to lie on the porch and let the younger dogs chase the rabbits.
In the large cities that received new Americans, there flowered a golden age of restaurants, manned by the available talent from abroad and fueled by the restless wealth of the newly rich.
Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.
Is the manned Chinese program something to worry about Not really. Nobody has really come up with a military argument about man in space, which is not the same thing to say about the Chinese space program as a whole, which has clear military implications.
The manned launch is sort of economic advertising, which says if our technology is reliable enough to send up our people, it's reliable enough to send up your satellites.
It really is surprising. People usually try to park here. We've manned this for so many years, so people are finally getting the idea that parking here hurts business.
Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost.
We obviously congratulate China on the successful launch of its second manned space mission.
China's achievement in manned space mission proves that some of China's space technologies can be paralleled to those in western developed countries.