Alan Shepard

Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to worry about the hatch, how to get in the sling, and so on. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#cabin #cleaning #course #delighted #flight

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. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#course #days #grade #grade school #just

The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#carrying #excitement #launch #launch pad #me

The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#buddy #built #crashed #feet #first

The rocket had worked perfectly, and all I had to do was survive the reentry forces. You do it all, in a flight like that, in a rather short period of time, just 16 minutes as a matter of fact. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#flight #forces #had #i #just

They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#away #good #landing #say #they say

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

— Alan Shepard

#because #college #condition #difficult #family

You know, being a test pilot isn't always the healthiest business in the world. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#being #business #healthiest #know #pilot

You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#attention #doing #extra #just #may