Wally Schirra's Profile
Brief about Wally Schirra: By info that we know Wally Schirra was born at 1923-03-12. And also Wally Schirra is American Astronaut.
Some Wally Schirra's quotes. Goto "Wally Schirra's quotation" section for more.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!
Tags: Girl, Her, PrettyEach 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.
Tags: Best, Him, WomenAt the end of our NASA careers, no one had a place for us in the military.
Tags: End, Military, PlaceI played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.
Tags: American, English, FootballI was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
Tags: Help, Life, WhyI'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.
Tags: Great, Service, ThoughtKennedy 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,.
Tags: Goal, Good, MoonKids 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.
Tags: Friends, Kids, TodaySome of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
Tags: Days, Keep, StartedAnother 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!
Tags: Another, Problem, RealDad 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.
Tags: Dad, Hand, LearnI 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.
Tags: Along, Earth, MoonI 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.
Tags: Anywhere, Space, YearI 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.
Tags: Hero, Him, WarI 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.
Tags: Happen, Said, Waiting