Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. And that's a joke.

Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities.

My expertise is the space program and what it should be in the future based on my experience of looking at the transitions that we've made between pre-Sputnik days and getting to the moon.

The universe is the way it is. It's not going to be changed by supplications.

As time goes by, I'm increasingly impressed by how very special and timely it was that we got the degree of national commitment needed to put people on the Moon. For the first time, this nation was united in trying to develop an interplanetary capability. We've been trying to repeat that situation ever since.

The final frontier may be human relationships, one person to another.

Unfortunately, kids are led to believe things are easier to achieve than they really are.