Curiosity Is The Essence Of Human Existence.

If The Guidance Failed Or Started To Stray Or Went Somewhere We Didn't Like Or The Ground Didn't Like, I Could Flip A Switch, And I Could Control Seven, Over Seven And A Half Million Pounds Of Thrust With This Handle And Fly The Thing To The Moon Myself.

Ok, Let's Get This Mother Out Of Here.

Prepare For The Unknown, Unexpected And Inconceivable . . . After 50 Years Of Flying I'm Still Learning Every Time I Fly.

Here I Am At The Turn Of The Millennium And I'm Still The Last Man To Have Walked On The Moon, Somewhat Disappointing. It Says More About What We Have Not Done Than About What We Have Done.

Chemical Propulsion Is Obsolete To Go Anywhere Other Than The Moon. Three Days - That's Acceptable. But For Mars, We Need Propulsion Technologies To Get Us There In, Say, 60 Days - Then Spend Whatever Length Of Time We Want To Spend And Return When We Want To Come Home.