Wally Schirra Quotes

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.
Wally Schirra

Women, Best, Him

When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that's not a rendezvous, that's a passing acquaintance. When he walks across the street and nibbles on her ear, that's a rendezvous!
Wally Schirra

Girl, Pretty, Her

Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!
Wally Schirra

Real, Problem, Another

At the end of our NASA careers, no one had a place for us in the military.
Wally Schirra

End, Place, Military

Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.
Wally Schirra

Dad, Learn, Hand

He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one.
Wally Schirra

Second, Command, Flight

I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced.
Wally Schirra

Earth, Moon, Along

I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.
Wally Schirra

Year, Space, Anywhere

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.
Wally Schirra

Football, American, English

I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero. Many years later, I was lucky enough to go hunting with him.
Wally Schirra

I saw the booster, not Sputnik, flying by, and I said, maybe this is the way we should be going, not just sitting back waiting for something to happen.
Wally Schirra

Waiting, Happen, Said

I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
Wally Schirra

Life, Help, Why

I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.
Wally Schirra

Great, Thought, Before

John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.
Wally Schirra

Politics, Pretty, Public

Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal,.
Wally Schirra

Good, Made, Goal

Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it.
Wally Schirra

Today, Friends, Kids

NASA should start thinking about this planet.
Wally Schirra

Thinking, Start, Planet

Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
Wally Schirra

Keep, Days, Started

We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.
Wally Schirra

When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself.
Wally Schirra

Yourself, Another, Keep

When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it.
Wally Schirra

Love, Said, Unless

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: March 12, 1923

Died: May 3, 2007

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