We Leave As We Came, And, God

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.

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.

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.

The Countdown Reached Ten Seconds And I Could Almost Hear An Invisible Crescendo Of Stirring Background Music. 'anchors Aweigh!' Five, Four, Three, Two, One... And We Had Ignition!

Get The Shuttle Out Of The Garage. It's In Its Prime Of Its Life. How Could We Just Put It Away?