The view of the moon that we've been having recently is really spectacular. It fills about three-quarters of the hatch window, and of course we can see the entire circumference even though part of it is in complete shadow and part of it is in earthshine. It's a view worth the price of the trip.

It's different, but it's very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I?

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It's all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.

I'm one of the more positive cats, but when people go off about everybody wanting to be a DJ, I don't doubt them either. I understand their point as well.