Research is creating new knowledge.

If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.