The Rocket Had Worked Perfectly, And All I Had To Do Was Survive The Reentry Forces. You Do It All, In A Flight Like That, In A Rather Short Period Of Time, Just 16 Minutes As A Matter Of Fact. - SearchQuotes

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The rocket had worked perfectly, and all I had to do was survive the reentry forces. You do it all, in a flight like that, in a rather short period of time, just 16 minutes as a matter of fact.

Alan Shepard

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