I Can Honestly Say - And It's

Nasa Has Been One Of The Most Successful Public Investments In Motivating Students To Do Well And Achieve All They Can Achieve. It's Sad That We Are Turning The Programme In A Direction Where It Will Reduce The Amount Of Motivation And Stimulation It Provides To Young People.

I Suspect That Even Though The Various Questions Are Difficult And Many, They Are Not As Difficult And Many As Those We Faced When We Started The Apollo [space Program] In 1961.

I Was Elated, Ecstatic And Extremely Surprised That We Were Successful.

It Suddenly Struck Me That That Tiny Pea, Pretty And Blue, Was The Earth. I Put Up My Thumb And Shut One Eye, And My Thumb Blotted Out The Planet Earth. I Didn't Feel Like A Giant. I Felt Very, Very Small.

I Am, And Ever Will Be, A White-socks, Pocket-protector, Nerdy Engineer.