Deke Slayton Professions : Astronaut Born : March 1, 1924 Died : June 13, 1993 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Deke Slayton I feel that I'm in on the ground floor of something that human beings will be concentrating on for the next 1,000 years-if we don't destroy ourselves in the meantime. It's possible that 50 years from now we're going to end up out of this solar system, batting around the universe, at least within our galaxy, investigating other stars and other systems. Deke Slayton future stars years Man, I tell you, this is worth waiting 16 years for! Deke Slayton space men years I was testing a P-51 fighter in Minneapolis when I spotted this object. I was at about 10,000 feet on a nice, bright, sunny afternoon. I thought the object was a kite, then I realized that no kite is gonna fly that high. Deke Slayton sunny-afternoon nice feet As I got closer it looked like a weather balloon, gray and about three feet in diameter. But as soon as I got behind the darn thing it didn't look like a balloon anymore. It looked like a saucer, a disk. Deke Slayton three feet weather About the same time, I realized that it was suddenly going away from me and there I was, running at about 300 miles per hour. I tracked it for a little way, and then all of a sudden the damn thing just took off. It pulled about a 45 degree climbing turn and accelerated and just flat disappeared. Deke Slayton climbing going-away running You're on your way, Jose! Deke Slayton aviation moon way Similar Authors Buzz Aldrin astronaut Alfred Worden astronaut Alan Bean astronaut David Leestma astronaut Duane G. Carey astronaut David Saint-Jacques astronaut All Authors
