I was motivated to improve the U.S. strategy of going back to the moon in 1985. That's a long time ago. Going back to the moon would be a great achievement for tourism adventure flights.

We can't start over and develop a Saturn 5-type vehicle from scratch.

Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.

Not everyone can be an astronaut and go into space, some people with sufficient resources can purchase and fly sub-orbitally thanks to various companies and for more money (considerably) fly into orbit.

The view from space is like having a globe on your desk -- it's a broadening experience.

There's no guarantee that the United States will be around 200 years from now.

Nobody ever asks who was the seventh person on the Moon. The only thing they know is who's number one and who's number two. Does anybody know who the last man was?