We didn't slow down, unlike the others, when we got to the moon because we needed its gravity to get back, so we hold the altitude record. I never even thought about it. Records are only made to be broken. Jim Lovell More Quotes by Jim Lovell More Quotes From Jim Lovell To me, it was a mini Lewis and Clark expedition, we were going someplace new to observe the far side of the moon, which had never been seen before. Jim Lovell top-news We've only scratched the surface of exploring the moon and what it could offer us. Jim Lovell top-news We got to the moon on Christmas Eve 1968, at the end of a poor year for this country. We had Vietnam. We had civil unrest. We had the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. But we went around the moon and saw the far side for the first time. A script writer couldn't have done a better job of raising people's hope. Jim Lovell king christmas hope time There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen. Jim Lovell you things-happen success people I could put my thumb up to a window and completely hide the Earth. I thought, 'Everything I've ever known is behind my thumb.' Jim Lovell hide thought earth window For some time, I thought Apollo 13 was a failure. I was disappointed I didn't get to land on the moon. But actually, it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened. Jim Lovell best failure moon time If you're going to go into space, you have to have an objective, a mission. Where do you want to go? Earth orbit? The moon? Mars? What's the technology to get there? You develop the technology for the mission. Jim Lovell you technology space moon People say, 'Did you violate Heaven?' Well, God is down here, too. If you believe in God, you believe in God here as well as 240,000 miles away. Jim Lovell you god believe people My view is that we should go back to the moon, build up the infrastructure to make flights there commonplace - be comfortable with it - then use that infrastructure to expand and go to Mars. Jim Lovell view back go moon From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go. Jim Lovell man moon science world The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand. Jim Lovell color moon beach looks I was only a hero by default. The flights were few and far between. There weren't that many astronauts. The moon flights were so interesting and exciting. Jim Lovell only moon hero interesting We do not realize what we have on Earth until we leave it. Jim Lovell until realize leave earth The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they're successful, people get bored. Jim Lovell go bored space people I take the NASA physical every year. Jim Lovell nasa physical year take I would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be a consortium of several countries. Jim Lovell will mars mind time After six successful Apollo flights, including two lunar landings, people were getting bored. Jim Lovell bored successful two people I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on. Jim Lovell officer got astronaut tested In space-flight terms, six landings on the moon back in the Sixties and Seventies doesn't mean much. Jim Lovell sixties back moon mean Mars is a long ways away. The moon is only 240,000 miles, but Mars is in the millions. It's too risky without spending more time going to the moon. Jim Lovell more moon time long
