Robert Crippen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Robert Crippen quotes and sayings page 2 (astronaut). These are the last 5 out of 15 quotes we have.

“Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.”

“Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.”

“I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle.”

“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.”

“We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts.”

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