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Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.
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"Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business."
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Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business. — Alan Shepard

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Alan Shepard was a Astronaut from United States (1923–1998).

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Who said "Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best t…"?
This quote is attributed to Alan Shepard, a Astronaut from United States.
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Alan Shepard lived from 1923 – 1998.