Gordon Cooper
Gordon Cooper
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr.,, better known as Gordon Cooper, was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and one of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned space program of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth6 March 1927
CityShawnee, OK
CountryUnited States of America
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If we use the old antiquated systems we've got now, a Mars landing won't happen in my lifetime.
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The adoption of an efficient credit bureau system is a vital next step.
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I know other astronauts share my feelings.... And we know the government is sitting on hard evidence of UFOs.
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Intelligent beings from other planets regularly visit our world in an effort to enter into contact with us. NASA and the American government know this and possess a great deal of evidence. Nevertheless, they remain silent in order not to alarm people. I am dedicated to forcing the authorities to end their silence.
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Father, we thank you, especially for letting me fly this flight - for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that you have created.
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I did have an occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, they were of different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to west over Europe.