- Quite an honor, eh?
- As long as the medals are not warded posthumously.
— (Wendell Holmes)
5 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - Mars is Heaven by Ray Bradbury classic radio dramaseries.
You can hear this line at 00:08:31 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- No, it has its advantages. I have no ties on earth. Nothing to lose now.
- I imagine I'm the only one on board who is free to enjoy our present, peculiar position.
- All right, Masters, you can button it up now.
- Well, gentlemen, check your side arms.
- In one minute we'll be the first men to set foot on Mars.
- As long as the medals are not warded posthumously.
- Captain Black, I've been uneasy ever since I can remember. On earth and on Mars.
- Well, thirty seconds. Give me the intercom phone, Lustig. p
- Masters. Battle stations are to be manned until we return.
[...]