“I remember when I first came to America and I saw posters for TV shows and I was like, "What?! Why does a television show deserve space on a billboard?"” FirstsDoeShowsAmericaRememberSpaceSawsTelevisionTvsDeserveTv ShowsRemember WhenPostersTelevision ShowsBillboards Author:Jamie Bell
“America is now a space-faring nation. a frontier good for millions of years. The only time remotely comparable was when Columbus discovered a whole new world.” WorldYearsWholeAmericaNationsSpaceMillionsNew WorldOnly TimeFrontiersColumbus Author:James Smith McDonnell
“Before Alaska came along and ruined everything, one of every twenty-five square miles in America was Montanan. This much space has nurtured a healthy Cult of Place in which people find perfection, even divinity in the landscape.” PeopleAmericaSpaceFiveHealthyPerfectionTwentiesMilesLandscapeDivinitySquaresCultRuinedAlaskaTwenty FiveMontana Author:Ellen Meloy
“Not everyone will understand this need for America to lead the world in space.” WorldNeedsAmericaSpace Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Apollo 11 will probably go down in history as one of the major responses of two nations facing each other with threatening technologies - sometimes called mutually assured destruction. It was also the America's response to the apparent superiority of the Russians in putting objects into space before USA could.” TwoSometimesAmericaNationsSpaceTechnologyObjectsMajorsDestructionResponseUsaSuperiorityThreateningAssuredApolloTwo NationsApollo 11Mutually Assured Destruction Author:Buzz Aldrin
“After Apollo 17, America stopped looking towards the next horizon. The United States had become a space-faring nation, but threw it away. We have sacrificed space exploration for space exploitation, which is interesting but scarcely visionary.” StatesAmericaNextNationsSpaceInterestingUnitedUnited StatesExplorationHorizonExploitationApolloVisionariesSpace Exploration Author:Gene Cernan
“Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people.” PeopleShouldAmericaNextSpaceStepsProgramDown AndPlanningEvolveRetirementPreparingNext StepsSpace ShuttleShuttle Program Author:Buzz Aldrin
“I'm a London lad, but I'm fascinated by America. I want to take a motorcycling trip across the country and see those wide open spaces.” WantCountryAmericaSpaceWideLondonFascinatedLadOpen SpacesWide Open Spaces Author:Charlie Cox