Gus Grissom

I thought it would be good for the engineers and workmen who were building my spacecraft to see the pilot who would have to fly it hanging around. It might make them just a little more careful than they already were and a little more eager to get the work done on time if they saw how much I cared. ”

Do good work. ”

By the time I got into test work, it was dying out. It wasn't really flight test at all; it was mostly testing new gadgets. ”