Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.

During the divorce process, I lived alone and tended to get extremely down on myself.

Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That's a stunt! That's not historic.

Just as Mars - a desert planet - gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing back to life portions of the Red Planet through the application of Earth Science to its similar chemistry, possibly reawakening its life-bearing potential.

I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice-and from that all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow. We've become more materialistic. For balance, I think we need to get back to idealism and patriotism, but also be realistic with our monetary goals.

The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on the surface.

Space architectures capable of supporting a permanent human presence on Mars are extraordinarily complex, with many different interdependent systems.