If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.
More Quotes by Gus Grissom
Do good work.
I did not think my chances were very big when I saw some of the other men who were competing for the team. They were a good group, and I had a lot of respect for them. But I decided to give it the old school try and to take some of NASA's tests.
I never did get hit, and neither did any of the leaders that I flew wing for.
I had thought training for Mercury was rigorous. Once we got caught up in the Gemini training program, our Mercury training looked pretty soft.
There's always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure, of course. This could happen on any flight.
In the Air Force, you get some weird orders, but you obey them no matter what.