"Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going."

"I think we need to do a little more all-weather testing."

"The flight was extremely normal... for the first 36 seconds then after that got very interesting."

"I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does."

"I fully expect that NASA will send me back to the moon as they treated Sen. Glenn, and if they don't do otherwise, why, then I'll have to do it myself."