When President Kennedy took office, I was in the midst of my education.

History will remember the inhabitants of this century as the people who went from Kitty Hawk to the moon in 66 years, only to languish for the next 30 in low Earth orbit. At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve.

The g-forces increased and I wasn't able to continue to hold the camera against the window, so I had to lay it back against my chest, but still continued to photograph the re-entry until there was no more unusual visual effects of the energy in the atmosphere. And it was very comforting to understand that the people in Houston, the controllers, had very high confidence that we were on the right path.

I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative.

America can take man to the moon, and America can take men to Mars - and beyond.

Having walked on the Moon, I know something about what we need to explore, really explore, in space.

You can tell I'm not too bashful about some of my feelings.