[the Moon] Was A Sobering

It's A Vast, Lonely, Forbidding Expanse Of Nothing Rather Like Clouds And Clouds Of Pumice Stone. And It Certainly Does Not Appear To Be A Very Inviting Place To Live Or Work.

Capitalism Without Bankruptcy Is Like Christianity Without Hell.

There Is Just No Way That I Can Understand In God's Green Earth That An Airline Could Undertake With Its Normal Procedures The Operation Of The Space Shuttle. . . . You Don't Put Parachutes On Airliners Because The Margin Of Safety Is Built Into The Machine. The 727 Airplanes We Fly Are Proven Vehicles With Levels Of Safety And Redundancy Built In. The Shuttle Is A Hand-made Piece Of Experimental Gear.

Astronauts: Space Activists.

And From The Crew Of Apollo 8, We Close With Good Night, Good Luck, A Merry Christmas, And God Bless All Of You - All Of You On The Good Earth.