When I First Looked Back At The

Got More Dirt Than Ball. Here We Go Again.

I Think All Of Us Certainly Believed The Statistics Which Said That Probably 88% Chance Of Mission Success And Maybe 96% Chance Of Survival. And We Were Willing To Take Those Odds.

We Need A Continuing Presence In Space.

Later, In The Early Teens, I Used To Ride My Bike Every Saturday Morning To The Nearest Airport, Ten Miles Away, Push Airplanes In And Out Of The Hangars, And Clean Up The Hangars.

I Just Wanted To Be The First One To Fly For America, Not Because I'd End Up In The Pages Of History Books.