There is still no conflict, no prejudice, no national conflict in space.

I believe that space travel will one day become as common as air travel is today.

However, I am convinced that the real future of space travel does not lie with government agencies (NASA is still obsessed with the idea that the primary goal of the space program is science), but that real progress will come from private companies competing to provide the ultimate adventure, and NASA will benefit in return.

It is a rock composed of many fragments, varying in size and shape, probably originating from all parts of the Moon, billions of years old. But a rock of all sizes and shapes, fragments of all sizes and shapes, and even colors, that have come together to form a cohesive rock that has survived the nature of space, living together in a very coherent and peaceful way. When we bring this rock, or others like it, back to Houston, we would like to share a piece of it with many countries around the world.