William Anders quotes
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“We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.”
-- William AndersSource : "The mysteries of sleepwalking and night fears are not solved", www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2012.
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“Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no definition - just a lot of bumps and holes.”
-- William AndersSource : Transcript of Apollo 8 Flight Journal, history.nasa.gov. December 24, 1968.
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“It's tiny out there...it's inconsequential. It's ironic that we had come to study the Moon and it was really discovering the Earth.”
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“Is the Moon made out of green cheese? No, it's American cheese.”
-- William Anders -
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“You could see the flames and the outer skin of the spacecraft glowing; and burning, baseball size chunks flying off behind us. It was an eerie feeling, like being a gnat inside a blowtorch flame.”
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“I think the thing that impressed me the most was the Lunar's sunrises and sunsets. These in particular bring out the stark nature of the terrain. . . . The horizon here is very, very stark, the sky is pitch black and the earth, or the moon rather, excuse me, is quite light, and the contrast between the sky and the moon is a vivid dark line.”
-- William Anders
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“We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.”
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“Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.”
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“You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.”
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Source : "A fence built for peace" by Abba Eban, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.
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