Author: Robert Crippen

Quotes

We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts.

We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts.

- Robert Crippen

The real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to spend some time looking out at this beautiful Earth that we're all lucky to inhabit.

The real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to spend some time looking out at this beautiful Earth that we're all lucky to inhabit.

- Robert Crippen

If you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that's never been flown, you want to go with a pro.

If you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that's never been flown, you want to go with a pro.

- Robert Crippen

The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it.

The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it.

- Robert Crippen

The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space.

The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space.

- Robert Crippen

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.

- Robert Crippen

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