Occupation: Astronaut Birth: January 20, 1930
I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things..
The life expectancy of people going to Mars may be decreased by the higher level of radiation that they receive..
The much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing..
Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here, but what a d….
Mars is far more attractive as an outpost colony for earthlings than the moon is..
Standing on the Moon looking back at Earth - this lovely place you just came from - you see all the colours, and you know what they represent. Having….
My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world..
Returning to the Moon with NASA astronauts is not the best usage of our resources. Because OUR resources should be directed to outward, beyond-the-mo….
Six out of seven times we landed successfully [on the Moon]. I wanted to be a part of that and I was a part of that, so my personal feeling is of gre….
Apollo 11 will probably go down in history as one of the major responses of two nations facing each other with threatening technologies - sometimes c….
I don't believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were..
Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That's a stunt! That's not historic..
I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged..
If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger..
I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon..
I was given permission to serve myself Communion, with wine and a wafer, on the surface on the Moon. But I was advised not to say anything about it a….
Program Alarm, it's a 1202..
I felt pretty confident in relieving myself, since I had the urge..
I don't think we're going to build a 50-person spacecraft or a 100-person spacecraft..
The moon I see now is the same moon I saw before. Except that before, when I looked at it, it was in anticipation of what it would be like when I got….
Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag..