I Think That It's Good For Us

On K-12 Education America Has Gone Down, Down, Down Compared To The Other Nations. It Doesn't Mean That We Have Gotten Dumber. It Just Means That We Have Not Advanced As Fast In Those Areas As Other Nations Have Done, And We're Way Down Right Now.

If There Is One Thing I’ve Learned In My Years On This Planet, It’s That The Happiest And Most Fulfilled People I’ve Known Are Those Who Devoted Themselves To Something Bigger And More Profound Than Merely Their Own Self Interest.

A Lot Of People Ask...why A Man Is Willing To Risk... Well, We've Got To Do It. We're Going Into An Age Of Exploration That Will Be Bigger Than Anything The World Has Ever Seen... If A Man Faces Up To The (unknown) And Takes The Dare Of The Future, He Can Have Some Control Over His Destiny.

We Had A Lot Of Confidence That There Was Going To Be A Successful Mission. We Weren't Off On Some Suicide Effort, Certainly [with Friendship 7].

The Most Important Thing We Can Do Is Inspire Young Minds And To Advance The Kind Of Science, Math And Technology Education That Will Help Youngsters Take Us To The Next Phase Of Space Travel.