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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.

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.

Chemical Propulsion Is Obsolete To Go Anywhere Other Than The Moon. Three Days - That's Acceptable. But For Mars, We Need Propulsion Technologies To Get Us There In, Say, 60 Days - Then Spend Whatever Length Of Time We Want To Spend And Return When We Want To Come Home.

To Become An Astronaut, Someone Has To Have A Dream Of His Own To Do Something That He Or She Has Always Wanted To Do, Then Commit Himself To Making That Dream Come True.

Mom Was Always Doing Something For Somebody. She Came From A Czech Background, One That Made Her A Devout Catholic And Gave Her A Strong Belief In The Family.