No way that any astronaut worth his salt volunteered for the space program to become a hero. You don't select astronauts who want fame and fortune. You select them because they're the best test pilots in the world, they know it, and it's a personal challenge for them. And the astronauts of today are exactly the same.

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Alan Shepard was a 20th-century American astronaut and lunar explorer. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia →

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