We should've asked China to be a portion of the space station. We should've worked out ways that we can... just give away the technology that we have that puts things up into space, with cooperation up above the atmosphere that's needed to help each other.
Being first outside the spacecraft would bring much more responsibility, and I really wasn't looking for that.
When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn't touch!
I don't think we're going to build a 50-person spacecraft or a 100-person spacecraft.
Some things just can't be described. And stepping onto the moon was one of them.
Anything we can do in the near future that begins to stimulate the interest of people - seeing somebody down the street have an opportunity to go into space - buoys up the whole neighborhood.
I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged.
Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That's a stunt! That's not historic.
Tang sucks.
Maybe it was the challenge of flight, the opportunity to fly, the competition of summer camp and the inspiration and discipline of West Point. I think all of those things helped me to develop a dedication and inspired me to get ahead.
Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities.
Save the taxpayer's money by canceling the Ares 1 and V.
I think it's inevitable that there will be Earthlings establishing a presence on Mars. And I would say that it would certainly take place by 2050 or shortly thereafter.
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.
All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans. They could put one person on the surface of the Moon for one day and he'd be a national hero.
The decision to go to the moon is now appreciated and associated with President Kennedy's speech, but somebody else had told him it was a good idea. It turned out to be a good commitment, but it was a unique situation.
Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.
To move forward, what's required is a unified space agenda based on exploration, science, development, commerce, and security.
In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum.
You can never tell when a commercial space venture will suddenly become viable.