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

Pascal Lee is a true pioneer of Mars exploration.

If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia has its eye on Mars. Landing people on the moon will be terribly consuming of resources we don't have. It sounds great - 'Let's go back. This time we're going to stay.' I don't know why you would want to stay on the moon.

It's not easy to get human beings into orbit. So far only three nations have been able to do that, with all the resources that they put together. And I'm just a little skeptical that that's going to be done by the private sector without making use of what has been done by the government.

When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn't touch!

My Sunday mornings are spent in a recovery meeting in Pacific Palisades.

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