Quote by Neil Armstrong
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didnt feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. – Neil Armstrong

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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. – Neil Armstrong

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I think were going to the moon because its in the nature of the human being to face challenges. Its by the nature of his deep inner soul… were required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream. – Neil Armstrong

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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. – Eric Hoffer

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Dont tell me that man doesnt belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go — and hell do plenty well when he gets there. – Wernher Von Braun

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Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face. – Arthur Koestler

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Space is the stature of God. – Joseph Joubert

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