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I want to reach a new generation. That's why I am Twittering now. I have a BlackBerry, an iPhone and a Mac.
There were about six years when there was not one American who went into space. We shouldn't do that again.
One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding.
Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?
I don't believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were.
When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn't touch!
My sister called me "Buzzard" when I was a baby - she couldn't say "Brother" so I've been Buzz my whole life.
Being first outside the spacecraft would bring much more responsibility, and I really wasn't looking for that.
Russia perhaps is still entertaining the possibility that the moons of Mars might have access to ice or water.
We need the next generation to be motivated and to push technological boundaries, to seek out new innovations.
Mars has a bit of air pressure; maybe we can build up that atmosphere to be a bit more accommodating to humans.
They didn’t tell me I was going into space until after they locked the shuttle doors and started counting down.
History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story.
The life expectancy of people going to Mars may be decreased by the higher level of radiation that they receive.
My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.
The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term.
Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.
The biggest benefit of Apollo was the inspiration it gave to a growing generation to get into science and aerospace.
Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. And that's a joke.
I was lucky enough to have been born on this planet earth, in this admirable country of the United States of America.
The energy varies with the square of the velocity, so if you need five times the velocity, that's 25 times the energy.
I'm sure that there are places in the deserts in Australia that could be similar to where we might want to go on Mars.
Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.
Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.
It's been one of the greatest challenges that ever came along in my life; it was one of the more difficult things to do.
Everyone who's been in space would, I'm sure, welcome the opportunity for a return to the exhilarating experiences there.
For every winner, there's a loser. And that person didn't really need to lose. They just didn't understand the game plan.
To move forward, what's required is a unified space agenda based on exploration, science, development, commerce, and security.
To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it.
I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.
The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on the surface.
The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars.
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.
A space program that truly goes somewhere! With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program.
It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the Moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.
From the distance of the moon, Earth was four times the size of a full moon seen from Earth. It was a brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky.
I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon.
My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.
'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.
Fear and worry are emotions that cloud the mind from being able to think clearly, to remember what the procedures are to deal with that emergency.
I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went to the moon.
I know: If you're looking down at Earth, you're looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.
Walking around on the moon was significantly easier than we'd thought it would be. There weren't any balance problems, so you weren't tumbling over.
Space architectures capable of supporting a permanent human presence on Mars are extraordinarily complex, with many different interdependent systems.
There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight.
I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet - a mission by which we are building up a confidence level to become a two-planet species.
Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence.
Trips to Mars, the Moon, even orbit, will require that we provide astrotourists with as many comforts from home as possible, including paying each other.
Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it's actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the survival of the human species.
My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment.