I saw the booster, not Sputnik, flying by, and I said, maybe this is the way we should be going, not just sitting back waiting for something to happen.
-- Wally Schirra
   
Wally Schirra   Name:
Wally Schirra
Type:
Astronaut
Nationality:
American
Birth:
March 12, 1923
Death:
May 3, 2007
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