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I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.

— Alan Shepard

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We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space.

I know you're all saying I can go to the moon but I can't find Pasadena.

I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this man on the moon.

The same way people are now paying a couple thousand dollars to fly to other parts of the world, people will be paying $50,000 to spend a weekend on a space station.

This is the first time that astronauts of the first group have exhibited things that are personal and sentimental to them. We hope it will encourage youngsters to follow in our footsteps.

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