We need a continuing presence in space.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

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

I can hit it farther on the moon. But actually, my swing is better here on Earth.

Because of the suit I was wearing, I couldn't make a good pivot on the swing. And I had to hit the ball with one hand.

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars.