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

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence.

What comes after the moon? I think you can guess: Mars.

I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today.

Don't waste your time on beaming people up or down. Instead, consider gravity waves as advanced physics of the universe that could be used to travel interstellar distances.

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