To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself.

For a million dollars, the Russians would take two people, a million apiece, around the moon and back. However, stories, videos that come from the space station, and other people, are a great inspiration to young people for an exciting career field.

I understand that Detroit was a pretty rough place to grow up in the '70s and '80s.

I remember it was hard to believe that I was taking a step onto the lunar surface.

Monumental achievements by humanity should be done by major organizations as much together as possible.

When I am getting ready to cross a street, I look both ways before crossing. My bones, my muscles, are not what they used to be, so I am careful when I go up and down stairs, because I've heard stories of older people falling and having very disabling injuries. I have enough things that begin to go a little bit wrong as I get a little bit older.

Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people.