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Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
~ Robert Crippen
First
Flight
Fly
Having
Like
Opportunity
Shuttle
Something
Space
Space Shuttle
Test
Ultimate
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I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle.
~ Robert Crippen
Actually
Complicated
Did
Figured
Going
Lot
More
Once
Pad
Pretty
Scrub
Several
Since
Take
Thought
Times
Vehicle
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I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us.
~ Robert Crippen
Astronaut
Back
Cancelled
Ended
Got
Half
Laboratory
Military
NASA
Program
Selected
Taking
Up
Us
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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
Been
First
First Time
Flown
Go
Never
New
Pro
Space
Time
Vehicle
Want
You
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Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.
~ Robert Crippen
Attention
Camping
Dirty
Ended
Get
Had
Housekeeping
Inside
Like
Little
Living
Our
Out
Pay
Pay Attention
Seats
Shuttle
Sleeping
Things
Too
Up
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Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.
~ Robert Crippen
Down
Earth
Had
Looking
More
Much
Noticed
Orbit
Pick
Sense
Speed
Started
Than
Up
You
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Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.
~ Robert Crippen
Always
Been
Mystery
Selection
Somewhat
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The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it.
~ Robert Crippen
Crew
Escape
Nature
Put
Shuttle
System
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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
Beautiful
Being
Chance
Earth
Enjoy
Having
Inhabit
Looking
Lucky
Other
Out
Pleasure
Real
Real Pleasure
Some
Spend
Time
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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
Any
Been
Built
Capabilities
Carried
Ever
Fantastic
Has-Been
Hundred
Other
People
Several
Shuttle
Space
Space Shuttle
Thing
Unlike
Vehicle
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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
Before
Different
Done
Ever
Flying
Had
Love
Pilots
Test
Than
Those
Truly
Vehicle
Were
Winged
Would
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We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there going very fast. We were hitting them very fast.
~ Robert Crippen
Angry
Dark
Dark Side
Earth
Fast
Glow
Going
Hitting
Little
Lot
Out
Outside
Pink
See
Side
Soft
Started
Them
Very
Were
Which
Window
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We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless.
~ Robert Crippen
Adverse
Being
Days
Effects
Had
Little
Only
Orbit
Over
Two
Were
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When you work really hard for something for a long time it's almost impossible to believe that it's coming true.
~ Robert Crippen
Almost
Believe
Coming
Hard
Impossible
Long
Long Time
Really
Something
Time
True
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You
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You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.
~ Robert Crippen
Around
Every
Fast
Going
Half
Hour
Hour And A Half
Once
Orbit
Very
World
You
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BirthDate
11 September, 1937
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