Did Alan Shepard say any famous words or quotes when he became the
first man in space?

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 09 Aug 2005 14:06 PDT

Shepard was quoted as saying: "It's a very sobering feeling to be up
in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the
lowest bidder on a government contract."

Is this what you are looking for?

tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by sandhills_crane-ga on 09 Aug 2005 14:18 PDT

Thanks, pinkfreud! I looked myself and found that Yuri Gagarin. Was
actually the first man in space. Alan Shepard was only first American.
I suppose now I'm looking for a good Gagarin quote, if it's available.

Hello sandhills_crane,

There is disagreement among English-language sources as to what
exactly Yuri Gagarin said.  But there is agreement on one word, which
appears to be the most famous quote: "Poyekhali!", which means "Let's
go!" or "Off we go!"

"Vostok 1"
Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/vostok-1

"Forty years on..." (12 April 2001)
European Space Agency
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/ESAOMNGBCLC_Life_2.html

- justaskscott


Search strategy --

Searched on Google for combinations of these terms:

gagarin
"first words"
poyekhali
"let's go"
"off we go"

This will work. Thanks for all the help!

I believe the first man in space was Yuri Gagarin.

"Houston. It's been a long way, but we're here". Those are the words
of Alan B. Shepard, America's first astronaut in space, as he firmly
planted his first footprint into the Moon's surface.
http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/cwc/Research/thesis/Pages/acknow.html

More quotes:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alan_b_shepard_jr.html

I hope that helps.

Rainbow~

This may help:

http://quotes.worldvillage.com/i/b/Yuri_Gagarin

My favourite although not from Shepard but from Lovell is the mater of
fact message after his space ship pretty much exploded arround him
"Houston we have had a problem"