It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.

If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

We need to have people up there who can communicate what it feels like, not just pilots and engineers.

Going back to the moon is not visionary in restoring space leadership for America. Like its Apollo predecessor, it will prove to be a dead end littered with broken spacecraft, broken dreams and broken policies.

Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help?

We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.

Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.