Occupation: Astronaut Birth: January 20, 1930
Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline..
Over the years, I think I've matured in my spiritual evolution and development to understand a bit more than the narrow religious thinking - to move ….
I do celebrity ski races all over the world..
People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that..
Drive over to the nearest airport, and enroll in flight classes. You will experience the joy of freedom in the air above, as you study the mechanics ….
At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve..
If you want to say that the sky is black, and if I'm there, even if I fall back down again, I will be weightless for a period of time - maybe that's ….
As someone who flew two space capsules and twice landed in the ocean, I can attest from personal experience how much logistics work is needed to get ….
Anything we can do in the near future that begins to stimulate the interest of people - seeing somebody down the street have an opportunity to go int….
The biggest benefit of Apollo was the inspiration it gave to a growing generation to get into science and aerospace..
The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain s….
I am excited to think that the development of commercial capabilities to send humans into low Earth orbit will likely result in so many more Earthlin….
As we begin to have landings on the moon, we can alternate those with vertical launch of similar crew modules on similar launch vehicles for vertical….
The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The astronauts or pilgrims, wha….
To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it..
I was lucky enough to have been born on this planet earth, in this admirable country of the United States of America..
I'm convinced that sending people to Mars is so expensive that if you go once and bring the people back and then go again and bring the people back, ….
The guys who walk on Mars are going to be historic..
Once you've been first, it cannot be done again. Not by you, not by anyone else..
Not everyone will understand this need for America to lead the world in space..
All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans. They could put one per….