Once I finally stepped on the moon, no matter what was to come of the next three days - or the rest of my life - nobody could take those steps from me. People ask how long will they be there, and I say forever, however long forever is, like my daughterโs initials that I scribbled in the sand [TDC for Tracy Dawn Cernan].
Gene CernanI hold the world speed record downhill, in a Rover. I think it was 17 kilometers per hour, downhill.
Gene CernanOne of the most important things about the geology on the moon is your descriptions of what you see, comparing them to things that you've seen on Earth so that the geologists and the scientists on the ground would know what you're talking about; and then take pictures of them.
Gene Cernan