"Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. But the astronauts knew the meaning of what they were doing, as is shown by Neil Armstrong's first words in stepping down onto the soil of Luna: "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.""
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Businesspeople from the United StatesAcademics from the United StatesAstronauts from the United StatesAviators from the United StatesAerospace engineers from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Robert A. Heinlein, The Pragmatics of Patriotism (1973)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Related Quotes
"It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it."
"He was the best, and I will miss him terribly."
"Our autopilot was taking us into a very large crater, about the size of a big football stadium with steep slopes on tβ¦"
"The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on Earth."
"I thought, well. when I step off it's just going to be a little step β a step from there down to there β but then I tβ¦"
"I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature β¦"
"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
"I'm quite certain that we'll have such [lunar] bases in our lifetime, somewhat like the Antarctic stations and similaβ¦"
"Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great tβ¦"