Gene Cernan Quotes

#1. I've been asked about UFOs and I've said publicly I thought they were somebody else, some other civilization.

Gene Cernan

#2. Another hundred years may pass before we understand the true significance of Apollo. Lunar exploration was not the equivalent of an American pyramid, some idle monument to technology, but more of a Rosetta stone, a key to unlocking dreams as yet undreamed.

Gene Cernan

#3. The mass gross absence of sound in space is more than just silence.

Gene Cernan

#4. As I step off at the surface at Taurus-Littrow, I'd like to dedicate the first step of Apollo 17 to all those who made it possible.

Gene Cernan

#5. Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor. It's been far too long.

Gene Cernan

#6. Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable ... after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time I fly.

Gene Cernan

#7. I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where I am when I look up at the sky. I know where I am when I look up at the Moon; it's not just some abstract romantic idea, it's something very real to me. See, I've expanded my home.

Gene Cernan

#8. OK, let's get this mother out of here.

Gene Cernan

#9. Curiosity is the essence of our existence.

Gene Cernan