I've always been a fan of space exploration, and I filled our entire office with space artifacts.
At the time of Apollo 11, I was a grade-schooler, and I remember every time an Apollo mission would take place that, like a lot of little boys, I'd gather in front of the TV for hours and hours and hours with my little brother.
Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space.
Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they're successful, people get bored.
One of my earliest recollections is being woken up at some ungodly hour in the morning by my parents and sat in front of the fairly new black and white television, watching a grainy image of a man in a white suit climbing down a ladder. It was the first moon landing, and I became a sort of spaceman, as many kids were.
I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing.
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
Anyone that's ever gone to space is always wanting to go back.
Believe it or not, I'd love to go to the moon.
If they asked me if I wanted to go into space tomorrow, I'd do it in a heartbeat. On the other hand, if they asked me if I wanted to go into training for three years and then go into space again, I'd probably say no.
I'm still ready to go to the moon, if they'll take me.
I'll never be done with space. I will always be involved.
I would love to do something with space. I'm obsessed with it.
I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.
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 happen.
Anything that stimulates the public's imagination about the nobility and the importance of space exploration is something that I'm very excited to be a part of.
After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it.
I would always consider flying in space again, without a question.
I was born in 1960 and can still tell you the name of every astronaut from Mercury to Apollo. If I had a chance, I'd love to go into space on one of the privately developed space crafts.
I'm obsessed with the moon and space travel, so if I could incorporate that, I'd love to go to space.
I'm really into space. When I was four years old, I used to pray to the stars and look at the moon.
I think the people who experienced the Apollo missions came away from that experience wondering to themselves, 'When can we get a chance to experience spaceflight?' I've heard that many, many times: that people got into a new career field hoping that they would be able to experience spaceflight.
We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is only part of it. American culture worships explorers - look at the fame of Lewis and Clark, for example. The American people want to think of themselves as supporting exploration.
