Quote by: Eugene Cernan

If the guidance failed or started to stray or went somewhere we didn't like or the ground didn't like, I could flip a switch, and I could control seven, over seven and a half million pounds of thrust with this handle and fly the thing to the Moon myself.


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Author Bio


  • NameEugene Cernan
  • DescriptionRetired United States Navy officer and former NASA astronaut
  • BornMarch 14, 1934
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Aviator; Astronaut; Fighter Pilot
  • AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross