Pete Conrad Quotes

United States, Astronaut
June 2, 1930 – July, 8, 1999.

Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999), (Captain, USN), was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected in NASA's second astronaut class.

Also known as Aerospace Engineer, Test Pilot, Aviator

I fully expect that NASA will send me back to the moon as they treated Sen. Glenn, and if they don't do otherwise, why, then I'll have to do it myself.

Pete Conrad
- Why
- Moon
I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does.

Pete Conrad
- Work
- Space

The flight was extremely normal... for the first 36 seconds then after that got very interesting.

Pete Conrad
- Interesting
I think we need to do a little more all-weather testing.

Pete Conrad
Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going.

Pete Conrad
- Baby
In thinking back to when we had our big glitch, I remember seeing it get light outside the window. We were in the clouds; I'm pretty sure we got hit by lightning.

Pete Conrad
- Thinking
- Remember
- Pretty