Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing th... -Gene Cernan

Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration.

Gene Cernan , Astronaut
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We leave as we came and, god willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind....
Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration....
I do believe there is life in outer space. Mathematically, there has to be, and if you believe as I do that there is a creator of the universe, then h...
Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I'm not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home...
Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the moon, somewhat disappointing. It says more about what we have...
To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making t...
I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to seek knowledge....

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I claim that space is part of our culture. You've heard complaints that nobody knows the names of the astronauts, that nobody gets excited about launc...
More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidate...
We have never lost a crew member on the space station, but of course, the Columbia accident. I was - I'd already been an astronaut for a decade when t...
They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't ...
People come up to me and say, 'It's too bad the space program got canceled.' This is not the case, and yet that is what most of the public thinks has ...
When I left NASA, I was looking at how you could use space technologies for developing countries' work....
If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans....
After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is...
The thing for me is that 'Thor' was an indie film that just had a few more zeros on the budget. At heart, it is just a simple story about a guy trying...
I've had a lot of experience with not allowing myself to experience certain emotions, like anger and confidence, and with acting you're in this space ...