Basic Research Is What I Am Doing

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.

We Can Lick Gravity, But Sometimes The Paperwork Is Overwhelming.

If We Continue At This Leisurly Pace, We Will Have To Pass Russian Customs When We Land On The Moon.

In Order For Us To Use The Very Best Judgment Possible In Spending The Taxpayer's Money Intelligently, We Just Have To Do A Certain Amount Of This Research And Development Work Ourselves. We Just Have To Keep Our Own Hands Dirty To Command The Professional Respect Of The Contractor Personnel Engaged With Actual Design, Shop And Testing Work.

Conquering The Universe One Has To Solve Two Problems: Gravity And Red Tape. We Could Have Mastered Gravity.