Earth Quote by Wally Schirra

You wouldn't want to land on the Moon and launch to Mars. That would be very inefficient.

— Charles Duke

My view is that we should go back to the moon, build up the infrastructure to make flights there commonplace - be comfortable with…

— Jim Lovell

In my opinion, future space exploration will require us to inhabit the moon, initially, and later Mars. This is a humongous task for any…

— Rakesh Sharma

I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one…

— Edgar Mitchell

We only went to the moon for military reasons. The space enthusiasts of the day kept saying, "Oh, we're on the moon; we should…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to…

— John Phillips

If man wants to go to the moon, than we will go to the moon.

— JFK

I guess those of us who have been with NASA kind of understand the tremendous excitement and thrills and celebrations and national pride that…

— Alan Shepard

The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to…

— Buzz Aldrin

I think a Moon base is not necessary to get to Mars, but I think it will be helpful. It would give you a…

— Charles Duke

Believe it or not, Id love to go to the moon.

— Tiny Tim

Mars is a long ways away. The moon is only 240,000 miles, but Mars is in the millions. It's too risky without spending more…

— Jim Lovell