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But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space.

If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal of going to the moon. Certainly we don't want to wake up and see that they have a base there before we do.

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

If they could offer up a way to go to the moon that wouldn't kill you, I'd sign up.

The way I see it, what is going to come out of the moon activities is a respect for U.S. leadership.

Buzz Aldrin doesn't think we need to go back to the Moon - that we should go straight on to Mars. I'm more on the side that says we should go back to the Moon. I think there's a lot we can utilise the Moon for scientifically.

My view is that we should go back to the moon, build up the infrastructure to make flights there commonplace - be comfortable with it - then use that infrastructure to expand and go to Mars.

The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain 'hard.' The business of safely transporting people off the Earth is a costly affair that requires a lot of technology.