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Jim Lovell Quotes

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“Christopher Columbus, Charles Lindbergh, and Neil Armstrong. Ha, ha, ha. Neil Armstrong!”
— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
Tagged: NASA, christopher columbus, Charles Lindbergh, Neil Armstrong
“Patty: How do you go to the bathroom in space?

Jim Lovell: Well, um... I tell you it's a very complicated procedure that involves cranking down the window and looking for a gas station.”
— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
Tagged: NASA, Going to the Bathroom in Space
“Congressman: Now Jim, people in my state keep asking why we're continuing to fund this program now that we've beaten the Russians to the moon.

Jim Lovell: Imagine if Christopher Columbus had come back from the New World and no one returned in his footsteps.”
— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
Tagged: NASA, space race, Cold War, christopher columbus
“Reporter: So...the number 13 doesn't bother you?

Fred Haise, Sr.: Only if it's a Friday, Phil.

Reporter: Apollo 13—lifting off at 1300 hours and 13 minutes, and, entering the moon's gravity on April 13th.

Jim Lovell: Uh, Ken Mattingly has been doing some...scientific experiments regarding that very phenomenon, haven't you?

Ken Mattingly: Well, uh, yes, well I uh, had a black cat walk over a broken mirror under the lunar module ladder, didn't seem to be a problem.

Fred Haise, Sr.: We also consider a real helpful letter we got from a fellow who said we ought to take a pig up with us for good luck.”
— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
Tagged: NASA, 13, friday the 13, Triskadekophobia
“From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. And it's not a miracle, we just decided to go.”
— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
Tagged: NASA, Moon Landing, Miracle
“Houston, we have a problem.”
— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
Tagged: NASA, Houston
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