Too Many People, When They Get Old,

We Had A Lot Of Confidence That There Was Going To Be A Successful Mission. We Weren't Off On Some Suicide Effort, Certainly [with Friendship 7].

I Hate To Think That We May Be Out There Seven To Ten Years Out And Dependent On The Russians For Our Journey Into Space.

I Think In America We Have To Get Back To Being The Best Educated General Citizenry In The World And Make Sure We Do Not Lose Our Lead In Research, If We're To Have A Leadership Position In The World.

There Had Been A Number Of Failures But We Weren't Going Out To Ride A Failure. And We Felt They'd Corrected All The Difficulties With The Boosters Before That Time And The Launch Problems. And So We Had A Lot Of Confidence That There Was Going To Be A Successful Mission. We Weren't Off On Some Suicide Effort, Certainly.

I Suppose The One Quality In An Astronaut More Powerful Than Any Other Is Curiosity. They Have To Get Some Place Nobody's Ever Been.