“Certainly Shepard's flight was a major moment in American history and it clearly showed we were going to respond to the Soviet challenge.”

—  Alan Shepard

Louis Friedman — reported in David Montero (July 23, 1998) "Alan B. Shepard: 1923-1998 - A man of the heavens First American in space, moon golfer dies in sleep", Ventura County Star, p. A01.
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