When Others Kid Me About Being Bald,

I Was Sold On Flying As Soon As I Had A Taste For It.

To Get Your Name Well Enough Known That You Can Run For A Public Office, Some People Do It By Being Great Lawyers Or Philanthropists Or Business People Or Work Their Way Up The Political Ladder. I Happened To Become Known From A Different Route.

America Had An Emphasis On The Individual And So Education Became Available For Everyone.

America Needs The Best Education System In The World. We Have It In Higher Education. We Do Not Have It In General Education For All Of Our People - The K-12 Education. Other Nations Are Far, Far Outdoing The United States In That Area. We Still Have The Lead In Research, But Once Again, Other Nations Are Pouring More Into Research Also. We Still Have A Lead, But To Me It's Just Very, Very Important That We Keep That Lead In Basic Research.

I Think No Matter Where We Go In Space To Me The Important Thing Is Not Only Getting There And Getting Back, But It's Also Doing Research, Because That Opens Up As A Possibility With That New Distance Of Travel In Space.