As I Step Off At The Surface

I Know The Stars Are My Home. I Learned About Them, Needed Them For Survival In Terms Of Navigation. I Know Where I Am When I Look Up At The Sky. I Know Where I Am When I Look Up At The Moon; It's Not Just Some Abstract Romantic Idea, It's Something Very Real To Me. See, I've Expanded My Home.

If You Begin To Think You're Something You're Not, You're Looking In The Wrong Mirror.

I Hold The World Speed Record Downhill, In A Rover. I Think It Was 17 Kilometers Per Hour, Downhill.

Some Astronauts Describe The Routine Flushing Of Urine Into Space, Where The Freezing Temperatures Turn The Droplets Into A Cloud Of Bright, Drifting Crystals, As Being Among The Most Amazing Sights They Saw On An Entire Voyage.

To Become An Astronaut, Someone Has To Have A Dream Of His Own To Do Something That He Or She Has Always Wanted To Do, Then Commit Himself To Making That Dream Come True.