Exploration Is Really The Essence

We Have To Earn Our Wings Every Day.

The View Of The Earth From The Moon Fascinated Me -- A Small Disk, 240,000 Miles Away. . . . Raging Nationalistic Interests, Famines, Wars, Pestilence, Don't Show From That Distance.

The More We Learn About The Wonders Of Our Universe, The More Clearly We Are Going To Perceive The Hand Of God.

There Is Just No Way That I Can Understand In God's Green Earth That An Airline Could Undertake With Its Normal Procedures The Operation Of The Space Shuttle. . . . You Don't Put Parachutes On Airliners Because The Margin Of Safety Is Built Into The Machine. The 727 Airplanes We Fly Are Proven Vehicles With Levels Of Safety And Redundancy Built In. The Shuttle Is A Hand-made Piece Of Experimental Gear.

Give Us, O God, The Vision Which Can See Your Love In The World In Spite Of Human Failure. Give Us The Faith To Trust Your Goodness In Spite Of Our Ignorance And Weakness. Give Us The Knowledge That We May Continue To Pray With Understanding Hearts. And Show Us What Each One Of Us Can Do To Set Forward The Coming Of The Day Of Universal Peace.