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You’re going very fast when you’re on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.  (Robert Crippen Quotes) If you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that’s never been flown, you want to go with a pro.  (Robert Crippen Quotes) I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we’d scrub several times since it’s a pretty complicated vehicle.  (Robert Crippen Quotes) When you work really hard for something for a long time it’s almost impossible to believe that it’s coming true.  (Robert Crippen Quotes) We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there going very fast. We were hitting them very fast  (Robert Crippen Quotes) Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery  (Robert Crippen Quotes) You’re going very fast when you’re on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half  (Robert Crippen Quotes) We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts  (Robert Crippen Quotes) I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we’d scrub several times since it’s a pretty complicated vehicle  (Robert Crippen Quotes) This vehicle is performing like a champ. I’ve got a super spaceship under me  (Robert Crippen Quotes) Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight  (Robert Crippen Quotes) When you work really hard for something for a long time it’s almost impossible to believe that it’s coming true  (Robert Crippen Quotes) We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless  (Robert Crippen Quotes) The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we’ve ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space  (Robert Crippen Quotes) The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn’t put a crew escape system in it  (Robert Crippen Quotes) Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty  (Robert Crippen Quotes) If you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that’s never been flown, you want to go with a pro  (Robert Crippen Quotes)