Curiosity Is The Essence Of Human Existence.

As I Take Man's Last Step From The Surface, Back Home For Some Time To Come...i'd Like To Just (say) What I Believe History Will Record. That America's Challenge Of Today Has Forged Man's Destiny Of Tomorrow. As We Leave The Moon At Taurus- Littrow, We Leave As We Came And, God Willing, As We Shall Return, With Peace And Hope For All Mankind. "godspeed The Crew Of Apollo 17."

When You Head On Out To The Moon, In Very Short Order, And You Get A Chance To Look Back At The Earth, That Horizon Slowly Curves Around In Upon Himself, And All Of Sudden You're Looking At Something That Is Very Strange, But Yet Is Very, Very Familiar, Because You're Beginning To See The Earth Evolve.

I Think America Has A Responsibility To Maintain Its Leadership In Technology And Its Moral Leadership In The World, To Explore, To Seek Knowledge.

The Mass Gross Absence Of Sound In Space Is More Than Just Silence.

I Know The Stars Are My Home. I Learned About Them, Needed Them For Survival In Terms Of Navigation. I Know Where I Am When I Look Up At The Sky. I Know Where I Am When I Look Up At The Moon; It's Not Just Some Abstract Romantic Idea, It's Something Very Real To Me. See, I've Expanded My Home.