If You Begin To Think

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.

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.

Here I Am At The Turn Of The Millennium And I'm Still The Last Man To Have Walked On The Moon, Somewhat Disappointing. It Says More About What We Have Not Done Than About What We Have Done.

Some Of The Most Exciting Space Education In The Country Is Not Coming Out Of Washington Or New York Or California Or Even Texas. It's Coming From A Place In Kansas Called The Cosmosphere.

People Try To Typecast Astronauts As Heroic And Superhuman. We're Only Human Beings.