There Is Still No Cure

We Had A Lot Of Confidence That There Was Going To Be A Successful Mission. We Weren't Off On Some Suicide Effort, Certainly [with Friendship 7].

To Get Your Name Well Enough Known That You Can Run For A Public Office, Some People Do It By Being Great Lawyers Or Philanthropists Or Business People Or Work Their Way Up The Political Ladder. I Happened To Become Known From A Different Route.

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.

The Most Important Thing We Can Do Is Inspire Young Minds And To Advance The Kind Of Science, Math And Technology Education That Will Help Youngsters Take Us To The Next Phase Of Space Travel.

I Don't Like The Way The Whole Thing Has Developed. And I Just Hope That We Develop Our Own Transportation System, Both Spacecraft And New Boosters, As Soon As Possible. I Hate To Think That We May Be Out There Seven To Ten Years Out And Dependent On The Russians For Our Journey Into Space.