“I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul, we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.”

Each book holds an experience and an adventure.

Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.

There are places to go beyond belief.

The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.

I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.

In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

Society’s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it will be exciting.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.

Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?

It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.

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

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.

Start at the end and work back.

The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.

The challenges in our lives are there to STRENGTHEN our CONVICTIONS. They are NOT there to run us over.

I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.

Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.

With our present knowledge, we can respond to the challenge of stellar space flight solely with intellectual concepts and purely hypothetical analysis. Hardware solutions are still entirely beyond our reach and far, far away.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.