A Family Needs To Work

Trips To Mars, The Moon, Even Orbit, Will Require That We Provide Astrotourists With As Many Comforts From Home As Possible, Including Paying Each Other.

The Decision To Go To The Moon Is Now Appreciated And Associated With President Kennedy's Speech, But Somebody Else Had Told Him It Was A Good Idea. It Turned Out To Be A Good Commitment, But It Was A Unique Situation.

You Can Never Tell When A Commercial Space Venture Will Suddenly Become Viable.

As Someone Who Flew Two Space Capsules And Twice Landed In The Ocean, I Can Attest From Personal Experience How Much Logistics Work Is Needed To Get You Home.

Being First Outside The Spacecraft Would Bring Much More Responsibility, And I Really Wasn't Looking For That.