The Wonder of it All (2007)

John Young: Self

Quotes 

• John Young : You could carry the equivalent of a 100-pound sack of moon rocks and jump up to the second rung of the lunar lander, which is that high off the floor here

  [holds his hand at eye level] 

  John Young : , flat-footed. That one-sixth gravity's really nice. When you drop your pencil in zero gravity, you can chase it for three hours. When you drop it in one-sixth gravity, just look down and there it is.

• John Young : Why do people explore in the first place? It's for the long-term preservation of the species, you know, whether in space or in medicine or wherever you're exploring, the curiosity of humans is to keep going.