Spaceflight, especially in the Mercury spacecraft, clearly wasn't going to be much like flying an airplane.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride.
It's a pity I flew only once. A space flight is like a drug - once you experience it, you can't think of anything else.
I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.
Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.
I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.
We don't have the capability today to put a human being in space of any kind, shape or form, which is absolutely, totally unacceptable when we got the greatest flying machine in the world sitting down at Kennedy in a garage there with nothing to do.
Who doesn't want to fly around in a spaceship?
I could have gone on flying through space forever.
We weren't built to fly. We can do it, but we shouldn't be surprised if it feels a little unnatural.
Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.
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