It never hurts to have friends around, so that's why you'd form a crew.

If you don't know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.

I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth.

Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!

Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.

Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.

I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.