Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag.

There's no doubt that there will be many trials and tribulations along the way in taming space for the benefit of all, unmasking its truths and using the boundless resources available to us. Taking a chance allows us to seek new horizons -- and we all benefit from being horizon hunters.

We need the next generation to be motivated and to push technological boundaries, to seek out new innovations.

To move forward, what's required is a unified space agenda based on exploration, science, development, commerce, and security.

We're number one on the runway.

Mars is there, waiting to be reached.

We really didn't devote a lot of time to investigating the scariest aspects of our flight. It was more challenging and productive to concentrate on the remedies, and leave things that couldn't be solved to happen without thinking about them. There is a morbid human curiosity associated with tragic death-producing events. Though naturally, this needs to be kept in perspective.