I wrote ‘Reaching for the Moon’ because I wanted to tell kids that all of us have a moon, a dream, that we can strive for. Even if you don’t attain it, you can at least reach for it.
Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they’ll lessen somewhat.
I don’t think we’re going to build a 50-person spacecraft or a 100-person spacecraft.
Every couple of years, we could dispatch people from Earth to Mars.
I don’t go through life verbalizing what I feel.
I do celebrity ski races all over the world.
During the divorce process, I lived alone and tended to get extremely down on myself.
I grew up in a country that I thought was special. And it was.
Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?
I’m not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today.
Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That’s a stunt! That’s not historic.
The life expectancy of people going to Mars may be decreased by the higher level of radiation that they receive.
There are always door openings. And gradually, it accumulates. The opportunities open up in front of you.
Because of his military service, Dad was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
There’s no guarantee that the United States will be around 200 years from now.
Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.
I don’t watch ‘American Idol,’ but I wouldn’t call it ‘undignified.’
Russia perhaps is still entertaining the possibility that the moons of Mars might have access to ice or water.
Save the taxpayer’s money by canceling the Ares 1 and V.
For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.
I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things.