Rule of Thirds

There can be no thought of finishing for ‘aiming for the stars.’ Both figuratively and literally, it is a task to occupy the generations. And no matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning. I don’t know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it’s actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the survival of the human species. Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10. For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.

Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it’s actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the survival of the human species. Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns. The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely round. I believe I never knew what the word round meant until I saw Earth from space.

That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. The dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today and the reality of tomorrow.

Never in all their history have men been able truly to conceive of the world as one: a single sphere, a globe, having the qualities of a globe, a round earth in which all the directions eventually meet, in which there is no center because every point, or none, is center — an equal earth which all men occupy as equals. The airman’s earth, if free men make it, will be truly round: a globe in practice, not in theory.

The sky is the limit only for those who aren’t afraid to fly! Failure is not an option. The sky is the limit only for those who aren’t afraid to fly! Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not. Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.

The dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today and the reality of tomorrow. NASA is not about the ‘Adventure of Human Space Exploration’…We won’t be doing it just to get out there in space – we’ll be doing it because the things we learn out there will be making life better for a lot of people who won’t be able to go.

We want to explore. We’re curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore … We believe in what we’re doing. Now it’s time to go. Never in all their history have men been able truly to conceive of the world as one: a single sphere, a globe, having the qualities of a globe, a round earth in which all the directions eventually meet, in which there is no center because every point, or none, is center — an equal earth which all men occupy as equals. The airman’s earth, if free men make it, will be truly round: a globe in practice, not in theory.