Robert Crippen's Profile
Brief about Robert Crippen: By info that we know Robert Crippen was born at 1937-09-11. And also Robert Crippen is American Astronaut.
Some Robert Crippen's quotes. Goto "Robert Crippen's quotation" section for more.Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
Tags: Space, Test, UltimateIf you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that's never been flown, you want to go with a pro.
Tags: Space, Time, VehicleLooking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.
Tags: Earth, Looking, SenseThe nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it.
Tags: Nature, Put, SystemWe were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless.
Tags: Adverse, Days, EffectsWhen you work really hard for something for a long time it's almost impossible to believe that it's coming true.
Tags: Time, True, WorkYou're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.
Tags: Fast, Half, OnceI 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.
Tags: Once, Pretty, ThoughtI 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.
Tags: Half, Military, TakingLiving inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.
Tags: Attention, Dirty, LivingThe real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to spend some time looking out at this beautiful Earth that we're all lucky to inhabit.
Tags: Beautiful, Real, TimeThe space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space.
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