People Try To Typecast Astronauts

We Don't Have The Capability Today To Put A Human Being In Space Of Any Kind, Shape Or Form, Which Is Absolutely, Totally Unacceptable When We Got The Greatest Flying Machine In The World Sitting Down At Kennedy In A Garage There With Nothing To Do.

I Was A Child Of World War Two . I Saw Films Of Pilots Taking Off From Aircraft Carriers And Decided That Was The Only Thing I Wanted To Do. And It Had To Be Flying From Sea Carriers. Airfields Were Not Enough.

One Of The Most Important Things About The Geology On The Moon Is Your Descriptions Of What You See, Comparing Them To Things That You've Seen On Earth So That The Geologists And The Scientists On The Ground Would Know What You're Talking About; And Then Take Pictures Of Them.

I Do Believe There Is Life In Outer Space. Mathematically, There Has To Be, And If You Believe As I Do That There Is A Creator Of The Universe, Then How Can We Be So Arrogant To Believe He Created Life Here And Nowhere Else?

Curiosity Is The Essence Of Human Existence And Exploration Has Been Part Of Humankind For A Long Time. The Exploration Of Space, Like The Exploration Of Life, If You Will, Is A Risk. We've Got To Be Willing To Take It.