A Quote by Alan Shepard

We had some adverse conditions in the '60s, in the '70s and the '80s. The agency has risen above that in the past and will rise above that again.

Alan Shepard

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Alan Shepard
American - Astronaut
November 18, 1923 - July 21, 1998

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