I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain expectations about what would be a reasonable and desirable position to be assigned to after my years of service.

The energy varies with the square of the velocity, so if you need five times the velocity, that's 25 times the energy.

History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story.

The much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.

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

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

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