My wife tells me I am a male chauvinist pig and I have to sort of admit it. In my office and in my home, I'm not very democratic. I think of myself as a benevolent dictator. Edgar Mitchell admitbenevolentchauvinist Change image and share on social
The best experience that we have on Earth is the fact that we have scientific stations, weathering over stations down in the Antarctic for almost the entire 20th century to learn how to exist in exceedingly hazardous conditions; and the Moon is far more hazardous than Antarctica. At least they have water there. Edgar Mitchell 20thantarcticantarctica share on social
We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there. Edgar Mitchell findplanetreach Change image and share on social
Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form. Edgar Mitchell alterationconsciousnesscontinue Change image and share on social
I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth. Edgar Mitchell astronomyharvardheaven Change image and share on social
Our mission on Apollo 14 was to be the first to do science on the moon, so we had to be careful about getting everything in during the allotted time. Edgar Mitchell allotapollocareful Change image and share on social
I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base. Edgar Mitchell backbasebelt share on social
At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went up. I realized that humans would be right behind robot aircraft or spacecraft even though I really had no plans of being in aviation or a professional aviator and certainly not in the military. Edgar Mitchell aircraftaviationaviator share on social
We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s. Edgar Mitchell 1960smarpropulsion Change image and share on social
I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real. Edgar Mitchell facthappenphenomenon Change image and share on social