As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.

I think no matter where we go in space to me the important thing is not only getting there and getting back, but it's also doing research, because that opens up as a possibility with that new distance of travel in space.

I hate to think that we may be out there seven to ten years out and dependent on the Russians for our journey into space.

America is in a newly competitive position around the world, and unless we keep our lead in education for all of our people and do the research along with that, other nations will start outdoing us and they will be leaders in the world.

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

That was a real fireball.

I think that it's good for us to be able to travel in space and do research in space, and I emphasize the research, because space travel to me is far more than just seeing how far we can go.