We Leave As We Came, And, God

I'm Quite Disappointed That I'm Still The Last Man On The Moon.

The Countdown Reached Ten Seconds And I Could Almost Hear An Invisible Crescendo Of Stirring Background Music. 'anchors Aweigh!' Five, Four, Three, Two, One... And We Had Ignition!

As I Step Off At The Surface At Taurus-littrow, I'd Like To Dedicate The First Step Of Apollo 17 To All Those Who Made It Possible.

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.

Another Hundred Years May Pass Before We Understand The True Significance Of Apollo. Lunar Exploration Was Not The Equivalent Of An American Pyramid, Some Idle Monument To Technology, But More Of A Rosetta Stone, A Key To Unlocking Dreams As Yet Undreamed.