"Nothing binds our abilities
except our expectations, and given that, the farthest star is within our
reach."
-
Ronald Reagan
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"The brilliant result of the
mission is (a source) of profound satisfaction and pleasure for those who
believe in their hearts in the progress of science and technology, aimed
at the well-being of humanity. In this spirit, I applaud not only the technical
perfection of the mission but also the courage of the men who carried it
out."
- Italian President, Sandro
Pertini
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"A crystallization of America's
unprecedented high level of science and technology."
- Japanese Prime Minister,
Zenko Suzuki
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"[I congratulate Young and Crippen
] for a test flight superbly done in proving that Columbia is still the
single 'gem of the ocean' - this time the limitless ocean of space."
- Senator John Glenn
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"...I send my congratulations
and those of my nation to you, the astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen,
and all those who took part in this magnificent triumph."
- West German President,
Karl Carstens
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"It took hundreds of millions
of years of evolution to get those two astronauts, and little piece of
each of us, up in that white spaceship. Scientific achievements are never
out of fashion. Nature will always challenge man's imagination."
- Antonio Zichichi, president
of Italy's National Nuclear Physics Institute
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"I am confident that this most
impressive achievement will benefit the whole of mankind and encourage
further peaceful exploration of outer space. It is a tribute to the courage
of the two men who ventured into space and to the skills of your scientists."
- United Nations Secretary-General,
Kurt Waldheim
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"...a historic voyage"
- Chinese news agency Xinhua
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