Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Born of the vision of President John F. Kennedy for America to ". . . commit itself to achieving the goal . . . of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth . . . ", this rocket propulsion test complex was created to flight-certify all first and second stages of the Apollo Saturn V rocket. The first test-firing occurred on April 23, 1966. Subsequent to the Apollo Program, these test stands were modified to support the testing requirements of the Space Shuttle Main Engine.  Every American who traveled to the moon, and every astronaut who has traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle, did so on rocket stages and engines that were first proven flight-worthy on these test stands."

Source: The text of a historic marker to be unveiled to commemorate the role NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center has played over more than 40 years as America’s largest and most important rocket engine test facility. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will officially designate the Mississippi facility as a Historic Aerospace Site during a ceremony Thursday at SSC.

FMI: www.aiaa.org