Just Because I'm 77 Doesn't Mean I

I Think In America We Have To Get Back To Being The Best Educated General Citizenry In The World And Make Sure We Do Not Lose Our Lead In Research, If We're To Have A Leadership Position In The World.

You Know, Old Folks Can Have Dreams, Too, As Well As Young Folks, And Then Work Toward Them. And To Have A Dream Like This Come True For Me Is Just A Terrific Experience.

I Hate To Think That We May Be Out There Seven To Ten Years Out And Dependent On The Russians For Our Journey Into Space.

Exploration, Of Course, Is Going To New Places, But I Don't Think We Go To New Places Just Solely To Say: "well, We've Been There," And Come Back, Interesting Though It May Be. To Me, Each Time We Go Farther Into Space We Should Use That To Do Basic Research - Basic Research That Can't Be Done Before You Go There.

A Lot Of People Ask...why A Man Is Willing To Risk... Well, We've Got To Do It. We're Going Into An Age Of Exploration That Will Be Bigger Than Anything The World Has Ever Seen... If A Man Faces Up To The (unknown) And Takes The Dare Of The Future, He Can Have Some Control Over His Destiny.