"We need the next generation to be motivated and to push technological boundaries, to seek out new innovations."

"Certainly, I've never wanted to live on past achievements."

"Everyone who's been in space would, I'm sure, welcome the opportunity for a return to the exhilarating experiences there."

"My Sunday mornings are spent in a recovery meeting in Pacific Palisades."

"My expertise is the space program and what it should be in the future based on my experience of looking at the transitions that we've made between pre-Sputnik days and getting to the moon."

"The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars."

"Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities."

"Pascal Lee is a true pioneer of Mars exploration."

"Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race."

"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 Earthlings being able to experience the transformative power of space flight."

"Tang sucks."

"I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things."

"Mars is much closer to the characteristics of Earth. It has a fall, winter, summer and spring. North Pole, South Pole, mountains and lots of ice. No one is going to live on Venus; no one is going to live on Jupiter."

"Space architectures capable of supporting a permanent human presence on Mars are extraordinarily complex, with many different interdependent systems."

"NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies."

"Having walked on the Moon, I know something about what we need to explore, really explore, in space."

"With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program."

"Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right."

"There should be an international lunar base. That is certainly doable."

"The way I see it, what is going to come out of the moon activities is a respect for U.S. leadership."

"Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty"

"Anytime you get a chance to play some extreme character, in any direction, it's always a great blessing."

"I figured I would have to tell someone to kiss my ass before it was all over, and I have -- twice."

"These days and times you can't do eclectic records. In the '60s you could, but not anymore."