Pete Conrad Quotes

Pete Conrad — American Astronaut born on June 02, 1930, died on July 08, 1999

Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.,, was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the Moon. He set an eight-day space endurance record along with his Command Pilot Gordon Cooper on the Gemini 5 mission, and commanded the Gemini 11 mission. After Apollo, he commanded the Skylab 2 mission, on which he and his crewmates repaired significant launch damage to the Skylab space station. For this, President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978... (wikipedia)

The flight was extremely normal... for the first 36 seconds then after that got very interesting.

I fully expect that NASA will send me back to the moon as they treated Sen. Glenn, and if they don't do otherwise, why, then I'll have to do it myself.

I think we need to do a little more all-weather testing.

Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going.

I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does.

Pete Conrad Quotes

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