Top 11 Most Famous John Young Quotes (Inspirational)
Our ability to live and work on other places in the solar system will end up giving us the science and technology that we need to save the species. I’m talking about human beings. I’d hate to miss all that fun.
— John Young
The greatest enemy of progress is the illusion of knowledge.
— John Young
Twentieth century man must boldly reach out… And purposefully strive to discover the hidden secrets of our universe.
— John Young
If you want to see an endangered species, get up and look in the mirror.
— John Young
The human race is at war. Our biggest enemy, pure and simple, is ignorance.
— John Young
The moon is a very nice place. When we landed, we were 20 minutes behind. Because time on the Moon was so precious, what I remember most is trying to catch up.
— John Young
There’s always something to do in the space program. It’s so varied. You don’t do the same thing twice in any given moment of any day.
— John Young
We’ve learned a great deal. And that’s why you fly a test flight, so you can learn.
— John Young
We need to be smarter. We are very ignorant about things that go on in our solar system.
— John Young
Humans are actually far more likely to get taken out by an impact event or a supervolcano than we are to get killed in a crash of a commercial airliner.
— John Young
Anyone who sits on top of the largest hydrogen-oxygen fueled system in the world, knowing they’re going to light the bottom, and doesn’t get a little worried, does not fully understand the situation.
— John Young
John Young Short Biography
John Watts Young was a naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He was an American astronaut and He was the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
John Watts Young was born in September 24, 1930 and his birth place is San Francisco, California, U.S.
He die in January 5, 2018 when he was 87 years old in Houston, Texas U.S.