I had thought training for Mercury was rigorous. Once we got caught up in the Gemini training program, our Mercury training looked pretty soft. Gus Grissom Read Quote
This is what I wanted all along, and after I finished my studies and begun the job of testing jet aircraft, well, there wasn’t a happier pilot in the air force. Gus Grissom Read Quote
When I was studying at Purdue, we learned our thermodynamics from an antique steam engine. When I went back in 1964, I found the laboratories packed with the most modern equipment for the study of thermodynamics, some of which had been built by the students themselves. Gus Grissom Read Quote
I suppose I built my share of model airplanes, but I can’t remember that I was a flying fanatic. Gus Grissom Read Quote
I had never been much of a science-fiction or Buck Rogers fan. I was more interested in what was going on right now than in the centuries to come. Gus Grissom Read Quote
I was sent to Korea, which was excellent training for what came later. I was assigned to remain on duty until I completed one hundred combat missions – or got knocked out – whichever came first. Gus Grissom Read Quote
In the Air Force, you get some weird orders, but you obey them no matter what. Gus Grissom Read Quote
By the time I got into test work, it was dying out. It wasn’t really flight test at all; it was mostly testing new gadgets. Gus Grissom Read Quote
I thought it would be good for the engineers and workmen who were building my spacecraft to see the pilot who would have to fly it hanging around. It might make them just a little more careful than they already were and a little more eager to get the work done on time if they saw how much I cared. Gus Grissom Read Quote
The flight crew for the orbital mission has been picked, and I’m not on it. Of course I’ve been feeling pretty low for the past few days. All of us are mad because Glenn was picked. Gus Grissom Read Quote
