Astronaut

Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If we lose leadership, then we'll be using Chinese capability to inspire Americans.

You can tell I'm not too bashful about some of my feelings.

My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.

With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program.

By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969. We won the moon race; now it's time for us to live and work on Mars, first on its moons and then on its surface.

We can't start over and develop a Saturn 5-type vehicle from scratch.

People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that.

I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty.

Kecenderungan pertama saya adalah sedikit skeptis tentang klaim bahwa karbon dioksida yang dihasilkan manusia adalah penyumbang langsung pemanasan global.

Unfortunately, kids are led to believe things are easier to achieve than they really are.

Landing in the ocean and waiting for the Navy to come alongside and haul you out of the drink is what space capsules require. And after the capsule is recovered, it would take weeks for the ship to return to port.

Saya pikir Impian Amerika dulu adalah mencapai tujuan seseorang di bidang pilihan Anda - dan dari situ, semua hal lain akan mengikuti. Sekarang, saya pikir mimpi itu telah berubah menjadi pengejaran uang: Kumpulkan uang secukupnya, dan sisanya akan menyusul.

I shot down two airplanes in Korea, so I wasn't a slouch.

Certainly, I've never wanted to live on past achievements.

Look at what Silicon Valley has done - the advance of computers.

The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The astronauts or pilgrims, whatever you might call them, are going to be very historically unique human beings.

Nobody ever asks who was the seventh person on the Moon. The only thing they know is who's number one and who's number two. Does anybody know who the last man was?

Before deciding what to do about national space policy, Obama set up an outside review panel of space experts, headed up by my friend Norm Augustine, former head of Lockheed Martin and a former government official.

Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is to act as a source of fuel on the Moon? Who should build that? Well, I think the U.S. should build that.

It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.