I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept

John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.

Apollo was a big, unwieldy vehicle. I had a problem with the flight controllers over that. It would try to fare its way like an airplane.

When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself

Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.

As a child I went to a circus. They had a man shot out of a cannon into a net. I became intrigued with what was going on.

He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one