People Try To Typecast Astronauts As Heroic

Chemical Propulsion Is Obsolete To Go Anywhere Other Than The Moon.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.

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.

Ok, Let's Get This Mother Out Of Here.

I Know The Stars Are My Home. I Learned About Them, Needed Them For Survival In Terms Of Navigation. I Know Where I Am When I Look Up At The Sky. I Know Where I Am When I Look Up At The Moon; It's Not Just Some Abstract Romantic Idea, It's Something Very Real To Me. See, I've Expanded My Home.

I'm Quite Disappointed That I'm Still The Last Man On The Moon.