Alan Shepard
Quotes
- The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that.
- 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.
- It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.