America Can Take Man To The Moon,

Only A Large-volume Market Like Space Travel Can Attack The Barrier Of High Costs.

As A Youngster, I Read Of Buck Rogers And Flash Gordon. As A Student, I Wrote English Reports On Science Fiction. And As A Fighter Pilot, I Observed The Selection Of The Mercury Astronauts. All This Was Fascinating, But I Really Didn't Think I Would Ever Be A Part Of It. It Was Only When My Good Friend Ed White Was Selected As A Gemini Astronaut That I Decided To Join Nasa As Part Of The Apollo Program.

Exploration Is Wired Into Our Brains. If We Can See The Horizon, We Want To Know What's Beyond.

All The Chinese Have To Do Is Fly Around The Moon And Back, And They'll Appear To Have Won The Return To The Moon With Humans. They Could Put One Person On The Surface Of The Moon For One Day And He'd Be A National Hero.

For The Future, Primarily, We Must Educate People In Science, Engineering, Technology And Math.