These kids here at Jones Cove are just about the right age to go to Mars. Maybe the first person on Mars is sitting here today in Jones Cove.

I think kids that age are so much fun. They can be very open with the right person. They're hilarious, they're just -- I had a blast with them,

They want to know what it's like. They want to know how do you go to the bathroom, take a shower, what it feels like (in space) and to come back. ... They ask what do I need to do to be able do something like that. My recommendation to anybody that wants to be successful is to never give up. Let it be OK to fail, and learn from it and move on from that.

I went to a movie called 'Destination Moon,' and that was the beginning for me. I always wanted to go to the moon. It was a whole new frontier, because (being an astronaut) is what I wanted to be.

We're being invaded right now.

The lobbyists are out there for other age blocks, but we don't have people in place to be pushing an agenda that would work best for us. It has a lot to do with framing the issues that we care about and asking the right questions of voters to get people to vote.