I've Been Asked About Ufos And I've

The Moon Is Bland In Color. I Call It Shades Of Gray. You Know, The Only Color We See Is What We Bring Or The Earth, Which Is Looking Down Upon Us All The Time. And To Find Orange Soil On The Moon Was A Surprise.

After Apollo 17, America Stopped Looking Towards The Next Horizon. The United States Had Become A Space-faring Nation, But Threw It Away. We Have Sacrificed Space Exploration For Space Exploitation, Which Is Interesting But Scarcely Visionary.

People Try To Typecast Astronauts As Heroic And Superhuman. We're Only Human Beings.

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.

As I Take Man's Last Step From The Surface, Back Home For Some Time To Come...i'd Like To Just (say) What I Believe History Will Record. That America's Challenge Of Today Has Forged Man's Destiny Of Tomorrow. As We Leave The Moon At Taurus- Littrow, We Leave As We Came And, God Willing, As We Shall Return, With Peace And Hope For All Mankind. "godspeed The Crew Of Apollo 17."