Wally Schirra Apollo Quotations

Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.

He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one

After the Apollo 1 crew was lost, we said that we wore a black armband for a few weeks, and we wear it in our hearts forever.

Apollo was just too big, like flying a big transport airplane, which fighter pilots don't really revere. Gemini was just about the right size.

A little levity is appropriate in a dangerous trade.

Apollo was a big, unwieldy vehicle. I had a problem with the flight controllers over that. It would try to fare its way like an airplane.