The moon is very rugged.
It's hard not to be excited when you're going to find a way to land on the moon.
We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.
It'll be the fastest spacecraft ever to Jupiter...13 months after launch. We pass the Moon in just nine hours.
It's strictly coincidental that Pluto of course was named for the god of the underworld and we're describing these Halloween moons
This is in a real sense the capstone of the initial missions to explore the planets. Pluto, its moons and this part of the solar system are such mysteries that New Horizons will rewrite all of the textbooks.
I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be.
I can hit it farther on the moon. But actually, my swing is better here on Earth.
I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this man on the moon.
Al is on the surface. And it's been a long way, but we're here.