Am I Willing To Go To Mars?

Nobody Can Take Those Footsteps I Made On The Surface Of The Moon Away From Me.

Curiosity Is The Essence Of Human Existence And Exploration Has Been Part Of Humankind For A Long Time. The Exploration Of Space, Like The Exploration Of Life, If You Will, Is A Risk. We've Got To Be Willing To Take It.

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.

I've Been Asked About Ufos And I've Said Publicly I Thought They Were Somebody Else, Some Other Civilization.

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.