Whether Outwardly Or Inwardly, Whether In Space

Science, Freedom, Beauty, Adventure: What More Could You Ask Of Life? Aviation Combined All The Elements I Loved. There Was Science In Each Curve Of An Airfoil, In Each Angle Between Strut And Wire, In The Gap Of A Spark Plug Or The Color Of The Exhaust Flame. There Was Freedom In The Unlimited Horizon, On The Open Fields Where One Landed. A Pilot Was Surrounded By Beauty Of Earth And Sky. He Brushed Treetops With The Birds, Leapt Valleys And Rivers, Explored The Cloud Canyons He Had Gazed At As A Child. Adventure Lay In Each Puff Of Wind.

I Believe The Risks I Take Are Justified By The Sheer Love Of The Life I Lead.

I Know Myself As Mortal, But This Raises The Question: "what Is I?" Am I An Individual, Or Am I An Evolving Life Stream Composed Of Countless Selves?

The Remedy For Our Social Evils Does Not Consist So Much In Changing The System Of Government As It Does In Increasing The General Intelligence Of The People So That They May Learn How To Govern.

I Believe That For Permanent Survival, Man Must Balance Science With Other Qualities Of Life, Qualities Of Body And Spirit As Well As Those Of Mind - Qualities He Cannot Develop When He Lets Mechanics And Luxury Insulate Him Too Greatly From The Earth To Which He Was Born.