Quotes by Robert Crippen

“My heart rate went up to 130-plus. Not John. He was nice, calm and collected.”

“If you do a job, and youre not having fun doing it, youre probably not doing it right.”

“He was not a guy to throw a white scarf around his neck and hop into a plane. He was an engineer and a test pilot, capable of evaluating things from a technical standpoint.”

“You dont break frontiers going into space by all of a sudden a big door opens and you walk through. Youve got to take steps. Scott took the steps required for us to be able to fly into space.”