Just Because I'm 77 Doesn't

When Others Kid Me About Being Bald, I Simply Tell Them That The Way I Figure It, The Good Lord Only Gave Men So Many Hormones, And If Others Want To Waste Theirs On Growing Hair, That's Up To Them.

There Had Been A Number Of Failures But We Weren't Going Out To Ride A Failure. And We Felt They'd Corrected All The Difficulties With The Boosters Before That Time And The Launch Problems. And So We Had A Lot Of Confidence That There Was Going To Be A Successful Mission. We Weren't Off On Some Suicide Effort, Certainly.

Because Now, You Know, It's Going To Be A Number Of Years Yet Before We Have Our Own New Boosters And New Spacecraft To Go To Our Own International Space Station And Proceed With All The Research That We Spent $100 Billion Putting Up There To Give Us That Research Capability For The Future For People Right Here On Earth.

You Know, Old Folks Can Have Dreams, Too, As Well As Young Folks, And Then Work Toward Them. And To Have A Dream Like This Come True For Me Is Just A Terrific Experience.

Just Because I'm 77 Doesn't Mean I Don't Have A Dream.