Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

I think first of all you have to be there for the right reason.

The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.

I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this man on the moon.

I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.

We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.

I know you're all saying I can go to the moon but I can't find Pasadena.