Science and religion are not antagonists. On the contrary, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about the creation, religion tries to better understand the Creator. While through science man tries to harness the forces of nature around him, through religion he tries to harness the force of nature within him.

Man is not made for space. But with the help of biologists and medical doctors, he can be prepared and accommodated.

To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.

It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.

My friends they were dancing here in the streets of Huntsville when our first satellite orbited the Earth. They were dancing again when the first Americans landed on the Moon. I'd like to ask you, don't hang up your dancing slippers.

There is beauty in space, and it is orderly. There is no weather, and there is regularity. It is predictable. Just look at our little Explorer; you can set your clock by it-literally; it is more accurate than your clock. Everything in space obeys the laws of physics. If you know these laws, and obey them, space will treat you kindly.