The exciting part for me, as a pilot, was the landing on the moon.
Interview at The New Space Race (August 2007) http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00861/armstrongiscool.htm
Kontext: The exciting part for me, as a pilot, was the landing on the moon. That was the time that we had achieved the national goal of putting Americans on the moon. The landing approach was, by far, the most difficult and challenging part of the flight. Walking on the lunar surface was very interesting, but it was something we looked on as reasonably safe and predictable. So the feeling of elation accompanied the landing rather than the walking.
„Piloten haben keine besondere Freude am Laufen: Piloten fliegen gern.“
Quotes for the Air Force Logistician, aflma.hq.af.mil http://www.aflma.hq.af.mil/lgj/Quotes%20for%20the%20Air%20Force%20Logistician.pdf
Original engl.: "I have found over the years that American soldiers and airmen thrive on competition."
„Wir rannten, als wollten wir den Mond treffen.“
„Jeder ist ein Mond und hat eine dunkle Seite, die er niemandem zeigt.“
Following the Equator, chapter LXVI.
Original engl.: "Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody."
Following the Equator
„Wir kommen zum Mond, aber nicht mehr an die Tür des Nachbarn.“
