I'm Quite Disappointed That I'm Still The

Am I Willing To Go To Mars? Yes, But I'm Not Willing To Spend Nine Months Getting There, Then Wait 18 More Months Until The Planets Align To Come Home.

Once I Finally Stepped On The Moon, No Matter What Was To Come Of The Next Three Days - Or The Rest Of My Life - Nobody Could Take Those Steps From Me. People Ask How Long Will They Be There, And I Say Forever, However Long Forever Is, Like My Daughter’s Initials That I Scribbled In The Sand [tdc For Tracy Dawn Cernan].

We Went Into Darkness After Being In Daylight The Whole Time On The Way To The Moon. And Then We Went Into Darkness. And We're In The Shadow... Of The Moon.

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.

Prepare For The Unknown, Unexpected And Inconceivable . . . After 50 Years Of Flying I'm Still Learning Every Time I Fly.