We recently shut the facility down, moved the residents to other existing facilities that we own and I think the development time with Epic in town is just ideal for it.

People and media in the early 1960s said it wouldn't work. The steering system was erratic, the bearings had (overheating) problems, and there were sensor problems.

These crawlers had some initial problems that seemed almost insurmountable to some people outside the space center. These were serious problems.

I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home.

I said that in my box of dreams, I hoped that someday they would be exonerated.

There are some parallels in the sense that the (USA) Patriot Act represents some retrenchment of our civil liberties and free speech. It is not as raw and blatant as the Sedition Act, but it represents an effort by government and the Congress to bolster security at the price of liberty - not just the Patriot Act, but the language and rhetoric and debate over who is more patriotic.