"Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!"
- Wally Schirra
About this Quote
This quote by Wally Schirra is describing a genuine problem that the astronauts dealt with throughout their objective. The problem was that they all had severe head colds, that made it challenging to put their helmets on for re-entry. This presented an issue for the mission, as the helmets were essential for the astronauts to be able to safely return to the Earth's environment. The quote is amusing because it is a play on the well-known expression "Houston, we have an issue" which was notoriously utilized by the Apollo 13 objective. Schirra is suggesting that the objective control center in Houston might not do anything to make the astronauts put their helmets on, as it was a problem that the astronauts needed to solve themselves. This quote highlights the problems that the astronauts dealt with during their mission, and the ingenuity and determination they had to overcome them.
This quote is written / told by Wally Schirra between March 12, 1923 and May 3, 2007. He/she was a famous Astronaut from USA.
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