1 | ->''"I am the man who arranges the blocks,'' |
2 | ->''That are building a highly secret base,'' |
3 | ->''Hip Hip Hurrah for the U.S.S.R,'' |
4 | ->''We are sending our men to outer space!"'' |
5 | -->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8 A Complete History of the Soviet Union Arranged to the Melody of Tetris]] |
6 | |
7 | ->''"Beep, beep, beep, beep\ |
8 | Hello there!\ |
9 | Sputnik sails giggling through the skies\ |
10 | Red flags, red faces\ |
11 | Jump in the race\ |
12 | As the Space Age begins with a surprise!"'' |
13 | -->-- '''Leslie Fish''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mZ9pKvCmk Surprise!]] |
14 | |
15 | ->''"The American and Russian capabilities in space science and technology mesh; they interdigitate. Each is strong where the other is weak. This is a marriage made in heaven -- but one that has been surprisingly difficult to consummate.”'' |
16 | -->--'''Creator/CarlSagan''', ''Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space'' |
17 | |
18 | ->''"From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, [[ChallengeSeeker we just decided to go]]."'' |
19 | -->-- '''Jim Lovell''', ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}'' |
20 | |
21 | ->''"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, [[ChallengeSeeker not because they are easy, but because they are hard]], because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, [[DareToBeBadass because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too]]."'' |
22 | -->-- '''UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy''', Rice University speech, September 12, 1962 |
23 | |
24 | ->''"Life has to be more than about solving problems. There have to be things that inspire you -- that make you proud to be a member of humanity. The Apollo program is certainly an example of that. Only a handful of people went to the moon -- and yet, actually we all went to the moon. We went with them vicariously. We shared in that adventure. I don’t think anyone would say that that was a bad idea, that that wasn’t great. We need more of those things -- at least we need ''some'' of those things."'' |
25 | -->-- '''Elon Musk''' |
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