# Emotional Lines from the Space Program **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216 "2013-08-26T17:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/41 "2013-08-28T16:01:49Z")
When President Kennedy said “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” ([excerpt on youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHnEviYAghQ)) ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/42 "2013-10-14T04:49:34Z")
The telegram to Apollo 8. “You saved 1968”. Valentina Tereshkova: _Anyone who has spent time in space will love it for the rest of their lives"_. Succient. Yuri Gagarin before liftoff, _lets go_. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/43 "2013-10-14T15:50:58Z")
The line that saved the Apollo 12 mission: “Try SCE to AUX.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/44 "2013-10-14T16:42:32Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > Scott Carpenter, also seated in the blockhouse, made his iconic remark, “Godspeed, John Glenn!” I think it’s apocryphal, but I enjoy the second half of that line. “Remember, John, this was built by the low bidder” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/45 "2013-10-14T23:31:52Z")
Buzz saying to Neil on the moon: “Magnificent desolation”… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/46 "2013-10-15T02:26:39Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Buzz saying to Neil on the moon: > > “Magnificent desolation”… Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/47 "2013-10-15T02:53:18Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > [Here is the audio of the fire.](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aa1_1345878049&comments=1http://) I really got me when I first heard it especially how astronauts are trained to be calm under pressure. Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/48 "2013-10-15T21:58:55Z")
A few days ago Mike Hopkins tweeted this from the international space station; “Have you ever watched the clouds go by & let your imagination see different shapes? It works from space as well.” ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/49 "2013-10-15T22:39:42Z")
In Mike Collins’ autobiography he talks about how he was CapCom when it came time for Apollo 8 to do its burn sending it towards the moon and how inadequate the words “You are go for TLI” were to express what was happening - that for the first time since creation man would be leaving other’s gravity bonds and entering into orbit around another body. His description of his thoughts epitomizes how insightful the whole book is and why it’s my favorite astronaut bio. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216/50 "2013-10-16T01:15:20Z")
Mike Collins was promised the next lunar landing, but left for his family. I think I’d sell anyone down the river to walk on the moon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216.md?page=2)