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In The Shadow Of The Moon
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Man: I kind of have two moons |
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whereas most people |
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I look at the Moon just like everybody else |
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and, you know, there it is and |
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Whether it's full or a sliver, |
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But every once in a while, |
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you know, the one that |
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and, yeah, it is kind of hard to believe |
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Man: |
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I pinched myself to find out |
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I called the Moon my home |
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and I'm here to tell you about it. |
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That's science fiction. |
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Man: My father was born shortly |
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He could barely believe |
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But my son, Tom, was five. |
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And he didn't think |
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Capcom: |
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32 minutes past the hour. |
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Capcom: |
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Woke up this morning |
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With light in my eyes... |
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Man: |
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a group of us at the Test Pilot Center |
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were ordered to go to Washington |
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And they talked about the Atlas booster |
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and putting a capsule on top of that |
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Uh, to... To try to put a man into space. |
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And of course, at that time, |
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the Atlas boosters were blowing up |
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Hey Mr. Spaceman |
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Won't you please take me along |
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I won't do anything wrong |
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And it looked like a very, you know, |
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... Take me along for a ride |
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Woke up this morning |
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I was feeling quite weird |
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I had flies in my beard |
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My toothpaste was smeared |
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Over my window |
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Said, "So long, |
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Hey Mr. Spaceman |
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Won't you please take me along |
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I won't do anything wrong |
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Hey Mr. Spaceman |
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Won't you please take |
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Kennedy: Now it is time |
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time for a great new |
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time for this nation |
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in space achievement. |
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Politically, it was about |
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but those of us with a science bent |
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or a curious bent, |
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I believe that this nation |
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to achieving the goal, |
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of landing a man on the Moon |
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It was beautiful in its simplicity. |
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Do what? Moon! |
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When? End of decade! |
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He challenged us to do |
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what I think most people |
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We go into space because whatever |
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free men must fully share. |
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Kennedy: |
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it will not be one man |
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We make this judgment affirmatively; |
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It will be an entire nation. |
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For all of us must work to put him there. |
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Collins: I did the usual thing |
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Most of them, |
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Some of them actually flew |
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So I'd been interested |
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I guess, from as long |
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Mitchell: |
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When I was a young lad, |
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a barnstormer flying |
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landed on our farm and Dad |
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and he took me for a circle of the field |
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at about four years of age. |
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Newsreader: |
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and plunged into the fight. |
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Cernan: Maybe it was the movies, |
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but I knew that someday, sometime, |
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that's what I wanted to do. |
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I knew I wanted to fly airplanes. |
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In '61, I had just graduated |
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and I had a job flying fighters |
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Newsreader: |
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is the fastest school in the world: |
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The United States Air Force |
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from whose doors upon graduation |
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come the men destined to push back |
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the frontiers |
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Mitchell: |
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It was a profession with |
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and a lot of danger |
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Mitchell: And when you're at |
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learning to survive that and bring your |
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it's the fundamental task |
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the more dangerous |
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Man: I thought I had the |
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from the day I entered flight training |
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one day and Al Shepherd |
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Newsreader: |
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He's gone higher than I've ever gone |
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and most important, |
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He's even on TV doing it! |
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How do I... |
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Announcer: |
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Host: Now, if you'll whisper |
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We'll show it at the same time |
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If you'll both lean in and whisper. |
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Everybody put their application |
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I mean, it was just, |
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So NASA put out a request |
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and of course everybody |
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because it was another opportunity |
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It certainly sounded very challenging |
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if other people wanted to be |
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and this was a noble national effort, |
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Now how would you feel, |
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If it turned out... |
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But if it turns out that your son |
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What... How would you feel? |
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Well, I guess I'd just say God bless him |
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and I wish him the best of all good luck. |
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I'll bet you. |
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Collins: That group of astronauts |
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I had ever been associated with. |
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There weren't any really weak sisters |
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They were just an amazingly competent, |
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really good bunch of people. |
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One day... you're just Gene Cernan, |
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young naval aviator, whatever, |
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and the next day, |
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Literally. |
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When Tom Wolfe |
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I thought, |
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People are going to think |
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I'm the same guy I always was, |
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It's sort of an unshakeable belief |
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That's what the right stuff is. |
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That you're immortal, |
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that you can do anything |
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Scott: Nobody knew really |
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there was a lot on paper. |
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And we didn't know how to do things |
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It was just a matter of |
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making them work |
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And as pilots, astronauts, |
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why, we participated |
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along with management |
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Collins: |
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was take the overall spacecraft |
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and divide it up like a pie. |
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We sliced that pie up |
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and we handed each slice |
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and said, "This is yours, |
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Kennedy: |
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240,000 miles away, |
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a giant rocket |
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more than 300 feet tall, |
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made of new metal alloys, |
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some of which have |
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fitted together with a precision |
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better than the finest watch, |
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on an untried mission |
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to an unknown celestial body, |
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and then return it safely to Earth, |
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re-entering the atmosphere |
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at speeds of over |
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causing heat about half that |
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Almost as hot as it is here today. |
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And do all this... |
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and do it right and do it first, |
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before this decade is out, |
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then we must be bold. |
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Cernan: |
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was he a visionary, |
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was he politically astute? |
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The chances are, yes, |
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he was probably... |
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We'll never know. |
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Nor will we ever know |
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The challenge that he had laid down |
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Kennedy: |
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we ask God's blessing |
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on the most hazardous and dangerous |
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on which man has ever embarked. |
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Scott: |
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and I was assigned as a back-up crew |
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Things were in sort of a turmoil, |
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and Gus Grissom was |
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with his crew of Ed White and Roger Chaffee, |
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try to get the spacecraft |
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Collins: |
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about some of |
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And we thought long |
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and we did everything we could |
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but the business of 100% oxygen environment |
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we really had not thought that through. |
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Man: |
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I'd asked Gus, I said, |
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"Gus, why don't you say something |
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I said, "It's really terrible, |
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it's really bad. " |
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And he said, "I can't say anything about it |
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That's what he told me. |
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Cernan: The crew were conducting |
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they weren't going to fly. |
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I guess we, and I think of all of us |
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never gave it a second thought. |
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What would happen if you got a spark |
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in a 16 psi, |
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Bean: |
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and they said... "Who's this?" |
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I told them Alan Bean, |
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he said, "Well, we're down here, |
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and we've lost the crew. " |
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And I said... |
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"Where'd they go? |
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Because I thought |
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and they can't find them. |
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"No" they said, |
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I said, "Maybe they're |
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And they said, |
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And then it dawns on me |
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something different than I think. |
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Newsreader: |
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to bring you this special report. |
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Here's ABC's science editor, |
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Top space agency officials |
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to begin the official investigation |
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that killed the nation's |
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They died at t-minus ten minutes |
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Helplessly trapped inside their spacecraft. |
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Cernan: |
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the end of January 27th. |
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And we're burying |
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and I wasn't sure whether we were |
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or three... of our buddies. |
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Bean: |
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when we were fighting in Vietnam |
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and when a lot of racial |
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Collins: |
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with what was going |
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Our whole culture was changing |
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The Civil Rights Movement, |
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the Women's Movement, |
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the whole movement |
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Collins: I think we were very aware |
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because a lot of our friends |
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And there would we have been, |
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had we not been in |
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I guess I can sort of admit it now, |
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I've admitted it a little |
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That... I've always had a guilt complex |
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That was my war, good or bad. |
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Whether it was a good war |
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we're not discussing that, |
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and my buddies were getting shot at |
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and in some cases captured. |
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And I was getting my picture |
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And I've always felt |
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They look at it totally different. |
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They said, "You were |
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that this country needed |
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You were part of a program, |
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the only thing we had |
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Lovell: |
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was a disastrous year. |
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We had several assassinations, |
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Uh, not too good... |
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So we needed something |
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to give the American people |
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or at least satisfaction |
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If you were a scriptwriter |
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you couldn't have picked |
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We hear from the CIA |
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that the Russians |
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around the Moon with a person in it |
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If they orbit the Moon |
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then they've gotten there first. |
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Lovell: |
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They changed the mission |
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to a flight to the Moon. |
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And it was a bold move, |
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but it was a time when |
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Capcom: |
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Four, three, two, one, zero. |
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We have commenced... |
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Capcom: |
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Your trajectory and |
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Man: |
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Capcom: |
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Lovell: |
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that we actually saw the Moon |
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We were just 60 miles |
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and, you know... |
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we were sort of like three school kids |
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and we forgot the flight plan, |
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Man: Oh my God, |
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Wow, is that pretty! |
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You got a colour film, Jim? |
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Hand me a roll of colour, quick. |
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Just grab me a colour. |
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A colour exterior. |
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Lovell: We took photographs |
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and, of course, |
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of the famous |
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and I have to credit Bill Anders |
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Uh, he claims it |
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Man: |
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Lovell: |
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Oh, it's a beautiful shot! |
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Lovell: |
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being around the Moon |
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we thought this would be |
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The three of us selected to read |
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and we had it in fireproof paper |
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Man: |
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God created the Heaven |
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and the Earth was |
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And darkness was upon |
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And the Spirit of God |
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and God said, |
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And there was light. " |
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Collins: |
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it fit very nicely into getting away |
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and let's get down into, |
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of what makes all this happen, |
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I liked it. |
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Man: We close with |
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A merry Christmas and |
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all of you on the good Earth. |
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Lovell: |
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there was a lady in Dallas, Texas, |
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who was an atheist, |
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and I don't have |
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but she sued us. |
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For the mixing of... |
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and she said that |
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Maybe it was, I don't know. |
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Bean: |
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to go to the Apollo 11 site, |
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Because we had |
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Apollo 11 |
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and then two months later, |
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and then if we didn't make it, |
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two months later |
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So we had three chances to get to the Moon |
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And so when Neil and Buzz and Mike |
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we knew they were going to make |
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They were a really, |
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they got along really well. |
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Aldrin: |
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who brought levity into things. |
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And I felt kind of bad that he wasn't going to have |
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Being able to be in a Lunar Lander |
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but that was a decision that... |
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Certainly was way over my head. |
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One guy had to stay |
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and the other two were |
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and I was... Pigeonholed, |
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as a command module pilot |
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I lost my chance of... |
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but in return for that, |
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Fly to the Moon |
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and perhaps be a member |
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Bean: |
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he's one of these guys |
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He had a nickname, |
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He loves to talk |
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particularly rendezvous. |
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I mean, he'll get this |
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and that orbit |
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and he really grooved |
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You didn't want to sit |
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because he would start |
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And you would want to be talking |
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about that good-looking |
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He could care less, |
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And he'd been talking |
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That's right, that was what |
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Duke: I always respected |
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He was probably |
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of anyone that I had |
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He was just Mr. Coolstone, |
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One of the oddities |
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was this thing we lovingly called |
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It was an ungainly- |
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and it was meant |
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Neil, he and I were |
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I remember one day I came in |
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I run into a couple of guys, they say, |
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"Do you know that Neil bailed |
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Bean: I said, "no way. " |
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Two or three guys said, "Yeah!" |
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I said, "Okay, I'm going |
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So I go in there and Neil... |
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Neil's fooling around, |
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I said, "those guys |
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Said you bailed out of |
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He said, "Yeah. " |
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That was all he said, "Yeah. " |
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I mean this guy had been |
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from being killed |
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He didn't say, |
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"I nearly, you know... " |
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"Yeah. " that was it, that was it! |
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I mean, what was he |
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I mean, maybe |
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and gotten roaring |
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but that's not Neil, you know? |
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He went back and shuffled paper. |
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You know, the program goes on! |
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Tomorrow we, the crew |
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privileged to represent |
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in our first attempt |
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to take Man to another |
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Um... |
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Well, I'd given up smoking the pipe |
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maybe three weeks before launch. |
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That's my best recollection, |
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maybe having a drink, |
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I don't think anybody |
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the night before, |
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about whether you can... |
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for what you need |
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Newsreader: This is CBS News |
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at Kennedy Space Center, |
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Good morning. |
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It's t-minus one hour, |
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29 minutes and |
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In just an hour and a half, |
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Apollo 11 astronauts |
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are to lift off from |
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on the voyage Man always |
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Next stop for them: The Moon. |
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Collins: |
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you go out in a van to the launch pad, |
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and you're... you're kind of used to that. |
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Riding in a van is the American way, |
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so that's not a problem. |
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When you get out to the base |
| 00:34:59 |
it's... it's empty, |
| 00:35:03 |
And you're accustomed |
| 00:35:07 |
you know, swarming like ants |
| 00:35:10 |
and, you know, you're in |
| 00:35:13 |
And then suddenly |
| 00:35:17 |
and you think, "God, you know, |
| 00:35:25 |
Aldrin: We got out there |
| 00:35:29 |
So I had about ten minutes to look out |
| 00:35:32 |
and see the Sun rise, |
| 00:35:35 |
and see the evidence |
| 00:35:39 |
Just... And thinking about the fact |
| 00:35:42 |
that this was something |
| 00:35:48 |
So it is now, before they go, |
| 00:35:51 |
as their gleaming vehicle |
| 00:35:55 |
out there behind me on pad 39-a, |
| 00:35:58 |
that there is time to |
| 00:36:01 |
and the burdens and the hopes |
| 00:36:03 |
that they carry on |
| 00:36:13 |
Collins: I had the feeling |
| 00:36:19 |
So, not only do I have |
| 00:36:23 |
but the consequences |
| 00:36:27 |
are going to be immediately obvious |
| 00:36:32 |
and... that's |
| 00:36:35 |
Capcom: T-minus ten minutes |
| 00:36:39 |
We're aiming for our planned lift-off |
| 00:36:41 |
at 32 minutes past the hour. |
| 00:36:43 |
This is Kennedy launch control. |
| 00:36:45 |
Aldrin: I don't know why |
| 00:36:48 |
continue to ask |
| 00:36:52 |
No, we were not scared! |
| 00:36:54 |
Until something happens, |
| 00:36:58 |
Capcom: We're just past |
| 00:37:00 |
t- minus 1 minute, 54 seconds. |
| 00:37:02 |
Collins: The countdown |
| 00:37:05 |
You just hope nothing goes wrong. |
| 00:37:07 |
You think, "oh, whoosh, |
| 00:37:09 |
and maybe |
| 00:37:10 |
and then when you get |
| 00:37:14 |
suddenly, it's like someone turned on |
| 00:37:18 |
You think, "You know, |
| 00:37:21 |
I think it's going to happen. |
| 00:37:24 |
Capcom: |
| 00:37:28 |
Astronauts report it feels good. |
| 00:37:30 |
T- minus 25 seconds... |
| 00:37:35 |
20 seconds and counting. |
| 00:37:39 |
T- minus 15 seconds. |
| 00:37:41 |
Guidance is internal. |
| 00:37:43 |
12, 11, 10, 9... |
| 00:37:47 |
Ignition sequence starts. |
| 00:37:49 |
Six, five, four, |
| 00:37:52 |
Three, two, one, zero. |
| 00:38:02 |
Aldrin: |
| 00:38:04 |
There were numbers |
| 00:38:07 |
there were sounds |
| 00:38:11 |
that we'd had lift-off, |
| 00:38:16 |
I think we felt, |
| 00:38:20 |
that we were not attached |
| 00:38:24 |
but there was |
| 00:38:28 |
of the guidance system. |
| 00:38:30 |
I'd describe it as a nervous novice |
| 00:38:34 |
driving a wide car down a narrow alley. |
| 00:38:36 |
You know, you've got to make corrections, |
| 00:38:39 |
You zig this way and that way... |
| 00:38:41 |
And what it is, |
| 00:38:44 |
"gimbaling", you know, |
| 00:38:46 |
to keep you in balance. |
| 00:38:47 |
This thing is a pencil as it goes up |
| 00:38:50 |
and it has to be |
| 00:38:54 |
And the gimbaling of the motors, |
| 00:38:58 |
and thinking, "Gee, that launch tower |
| 00:39:03 |
I hope this sucker ain't gonna gimbal over |
| 00:39:07 |
And then when they tell |
| 00:39:12 |
you kind of say, "Oh, whoosh, |
| 00:39:14 |
that's good. We don't have to worry |
| 00:39:17 |
And then off you go from there. |
| 00:41:20 |
Will metal |
| 00:41:24 |
Have the engineers realized |
| 00:41:28 |
Because it shakes and vibrates |
| 00:41:30 |
so much more than I ever imagined. |
| 00:41:35 |
Lovell: When they open up |
| 00:41:37 |
we could hear the fuel |
| 00:41:41 |
Then it dawned on me, |
| 00:41:44 |
that we're going to go to the Moon. |
| 00:41:49 |
Mitchell: |
| 00:41:50 |
coming from those engines, |
| 00:41:52 |
those five engines |
| 00:41:53 |
it shakes the whole body, |
| 00:41:57 |
It's very emotional. |
| 00:42:01 |
Scott: |
| 00:42:03 |
A lot of people think |
| 00:42:05 |
waiting for it to happen. |
| 00:42:07 |
But not really, |
| 00:42:09 |
is something of significance. |
| 00:42:14 |
Duke: I found out |
| 00:42:17 |
that my heartbeat |
| 00:42:23 |
John's was 70. |
| 00:42:26 |
Yeah, well, I told him. |
| 00:42:28 |
I said mine was too old |
| 00:42:32 |
I was wondering, why did we do |
| 00:42:36 |
If I had had to reach a switch |
| 00:42:40 |
I wouldn't have quite been sure |
| 00:42:49 |
Cernan: |
| 00:42:51 |
Man: |
| 00:42:54 |
Cernan: I had control of that vehicle |
| 00:42:57 |
If the guidance failed |
| 00:43:00 |
or went somewhere we didn't like, |
| 00:43:02 |
I could flip a switch |
| 00:43:06 |
over seven and a half million pounds |
| 00:43:08 |
of rocket thrust with this handle |
| 00:43:11 |
and fly the thing to the Moon myself. |
| 00:43:12 |
And I guarantee you, I had practiced it |
| 00:43:15 |
and trained for it so many times, |
| 00:43:19 |
I almost dared her to quit on me. |
| 00:43:24 |
Every breath she breathed, |
| 00:43:27 |
She was uniquely something special |
| 00:43:30 |
and what a hell of a ride she gave us. |
| 00:44:00 |
Duke: We had been warned |
| 00:44:03 |
because you go |
| 00:44:05 |
to zero just like that. |
| 00:44:09 |
And this big fireball |
| 00:44:12 |
comes roaring up |
| 00:44:15 |
And just... |
| 00:44:19 |
then the second stage fires |
| 00:44:21 |
and you fly right through the fireball |
| 00:44:22 |
and you're on your way again. |
| 00:44:24 |
Capcom: Roger, Houston, |
| 00:44:38 |
Capcom: |
| 00:44:40 |
You're looking good. |
| 00:44:42 |
Man: Roger, hearing you |
| 00:45:05 |
Man: |
| 00:45:06 |
Capcom: |
| 00:45:07 |
Man: Yeah! |
| 00:45:15 |
Collins: |
| 00:45:17 |
and you go around the Earth once |
| 00:45:19 |
and again that's a busy time, |
| 00:45:21 |
because you want to make sure |
| 00:45:23 |
that everything on board |
| 00:45:27 |
before you set sail for the Moon. |
| 00:45:31 |
Capcom: |
| 00:45:34 |
You are go for TLI. Over. |
| 00:45:37 |
Man: |
| 00:45:39 |
Collins: And then you get |
| 00:45:43 |
and that means you can ignite the motor |
| 00:45:46 |
and head on off to |
| 00:45:49 |
and you go, and that's it! |
| 00:46:03 |
Man: |
| 00:46:11 |
We confirm ignition and the thrust is go. |
| 00:46:16 |
Just a second. |
| 00:46:19 |
Apollo 11, out. |
| 00:46:21 |
35,000 feet per second. |
| 00:46:30 |
Get out. |
| 00:46:35 |
Climb velocity 35,570 feet per second. |
| 00:46:41 |
Altitude, 177 nautical miles. |
| 00:46:47 |
Man: |
| 00:46:49 |
that Saturn gave us a magnificent ride. |
| 00:46:53 |
Capcom: Uh, roger, 11, |
| 00:46:55 |
And it kind of looks |
| 00:47:37 |
In Earth orbit, the horizon's |
| 00:47:40 |
When you head on out to the Moon, |
| 00:47:43 |
and you get a chance |
| 00:47:46 |
that horizon slowly curves |
| 00:47:49 |
and all of a sudden, |
| 00:47:51 |
that's very strange |
| 00:47:54 |
because you're beginning |
| 00:47:59 |
I was able to look out the window |
| 00:48:01 |
to see this incredible sight |
| 00:48:04 |
of the whole circle of the Earth. |
| 00:48:09 |
Oceans were crystal blue, |
| 00:48:11 |
the land was brown, |
| 00:48:13 |
and the clouds and the |
| 00:48:16 |
and that jewel of Earth |
| 00:48:17 |
was just hung up in |
| 00:48:26 |
The only people that have seen |
| 00:48:30 |
are the 24 guys that went to the Moon. |
| 00:48:38 |
Mitchell: |
| 00:48:41 |
Not... Not even bigger |
| 00:48:49 |
Collins: How peaceful and calm |
| 00:48:54 |
how fragile it appeared. |
| 00:48:56 |
That was the... oddly enough... |
| 00:48:59 |
the overriding sensation I got |
| 00:49:03 |
"My God, that little thing |
| 00:49:11 |
Mitchell: You get to see |
| 00:49:13 |
you get to see the Moon |
| 00:49:16 |
And it's awe-inspiring. |
| 00:49:19 |
And you start to identify, "Hey, |
| 00:49:23 |
and, bye-bye, back there. " |
| 00:49:38 |
Man: |
| 00:49:40 |
approximately halfway |
| 00:49:43 |
We've been 31 hours, |
| 00:49:48 |
We have about, uh, |
| 00:49:50 |
less than 40 hours left to go to the Moon. |
| 00:49:53 |
We journeyed on our way. |
| 00:49:55 |
We set up a course, |
| 00:49:57 |
we took our suits off |
| 00:49:59 |
we ate a meal and then |
| 00:50:06 |
Cernan: You know, |
| 00:50:08 |
but it was worth it. |
| 00:50:11 |
We did have hot water |
| 00:50:14 |
and so we took, uh... |
| 00:50:16 |
a regular little shaving cream |
| 00:50:19 |
and a razor and had a tissue paper, |
| 00:50:21 |
And I can't tell you how good, |
| 00:50:24 |
after three or four days, |
| 00:50:32 |
Duke: |
| 00:50:33 |
it turned out that |
| 00:50:37 |
had these little |
| 00:50:40 |
were inserted into the flight plan. |
| 00:50:43 |
This one was from my son, Charles. |
| 00:50:46 |
It says, just in crayon, |
| 00:50:50 |
"From Charles. We love you. " |
| 00:50:53 |
And on the other side, |
| 00:50:56 |
of what the... |
| 00:51:02 |
And Tom, that was not quite five, |
| 00:51:05 |
and he wrote "Dear Daddy, |
| 00:51:10 |
have a safe trip home. Love, Tom. " |
| 00:51:21 |
Collins: |
| 00:51:25 |
And I think there's a legitimate distinction |
| 00:51:29 |
So, it's not a question |
| 00:51:32 |
but it is you're mildly worried all the time, |
| 00:51:36 |
You know, you're not sure all these things |
| 00:51:39 |
and there's a hell of a lot of them |
| 00:51:43 |
and you don't want any of those links |
| 00:51:46 |
because downstream from that broken link, |
| 00:51:50 |
So yes, you're worried, |
| 00:51:54 |
I always thought of myself as one |
| 00:52:01 |
And when I'd look out of the window |
| 00:52:03 |
I would think, |
| 00:52:06 |
I'm going to die in about a second. " |
| 00:52:08 |
There's death right out |
| 00:52:13 |
Capcom: |
| 00:52:15 |
Going around the corner. |
| 00:52:16 |
We'll see you on the other side, over. |
| 00:52:20 |
Man: |
| 00:52:23 |
Capcom: |
| 00:52:25 |
Cernan: We... We didn't see the Moon |
| 00:52:29 |
It's like some of these |
| 00:52:31 |
where you see this big meteorite |
| 00:52:34 |
You could feel the Moon's presence. |
| 00:52:36 |
You couldn't see it. |
| 00:52:40 |
We went into darkness, |
| 00:52:41 |
after being in daylight the whole time |
| 00:52:45 |
on the way to the Moon. |
| 00:52:48 |
And then we went into darkness. |
| 00:52:53 |
And we're in the shadow of the Moon. |
| 00:53:38 |
Collins: |
| 00:53:40 |
at a very shallow angle, |
| 00:53:42 |
the craters cast long shadows |
| 00:53:45 |
and the Moon's surface |
| 00:53:49 |
Forbidding, almost. |
| 00:53:57 |
I did not sense any great invitation |
| 00:54:00 |
on the part of the Moon |
| 00:54:05 |
I sensed more, almost a hostile place... |
| 00:54:08 |
A... a scary place. |
| 00:54:34 |
Bean: |
| 00:54:35 |
because even though |
| 00:54:39 |
they didn't always make |
| 00:54:44 |
You've got to end up down there |
| 00:54:47 |
Like, three minutes, you've got to be |
| 00:54:51 |
It didn't work... |
| 00:54:52 |
Sometimes the update |
| 00:54:55 |
and this was when |
| 00:54:59 |
just to find a way to do it right. |
| 00:55:01 |
This was a big deal. |
| 00:55:03 |
Capcom: |
| 00:55:05 |
on the hot fire, okay? |
| 00:55:06 |
All flight controllers going on the horn. |
| 00:55:08 |
Go, no-go for undocking! |
| 00:55:10 |
Various: |
| 00:55:13 |
Control? Go! |
| 00:55:16 |
Ecom? Go! Surgeon? Go! |
| 00:55:18 |
Capcom, we're go |
| 00:55:21 |
Man: |
| 00:55:22 |
We're go for undocking, over. |
| 00:55:36 |
Duke: Capcom was |
| 00:55:39 |
and it was always an astronaut. |
| 00:55:41 |
And he was the only |
| 00:55:44 |
to speak directly to the crew. |
| 00:55:47 |
Tell him to go... over. |
| 00:55:50 |
And so I was very, very excited |
| 00:55:52 |
to be part of that historic event. |
| 00:55:56 |
Lf... we pulled it off, |
| 00:55:57 |
was going to be |
| 00:56:35 |
Man: |
| 00:56:37 |
You're go to... |
| 00:56:39 |
You're go to continue |
| 00:56:41 |
You're go to |
| 00:56:46 |
Man 1: |
| 00:56:48 |
look for landing radar. |
| 00:56:49 |
Man 2: |
| 00:56:50 |
Man 1: |
| 00:56:51 |
Man 2: We'll meet that landing radar |
| 00:56:53 |
Man 1: |
| 00:56:55 |
Aldrin: The landing radar |
| 00:56:59 |
and being Dr. Rendezvous, |
| 00:57:04 |
I was going to leave |
| 00:57:09 |
so if we had to abort, |
| 00:57:13 |
and we could reacquire |
| 00:57:17 |
if we had to go back up. |
| 00:57:19 |
Capcom: |
| 00:57:20 |
you're still looking good. |
| 00:57:21 |
Duke: |
| 00:57:24 |
"Computer Problem, 1202". |
| 00:57:27 |
And well, what's 1202? |
| 00:57:33 |
1202, 1202! |
| 00:57:37 |
Duke: |
| 00:57:39 |
my heart sank, really. |
| 00:57:40 |
"Oh no, we've got a main, |
| 00:57:45 |
Armstrong: |
| 00:57:50 |
Capcom: |
| 00:57:59 |
Aldrin: So the landing radar |
| 00:58:01 |
the rendezvous radar is, |
| 00:58:03 |
and evidently that combination |
| 00:58:09 |
They're pretty narrow-minded. |
| 00:58:11 |
You're making a descent, |
| 00:58:14 |
You're making a rendezvous, |
| 00:58:16 |
But you don't need to mix the two. |
| 00:58:19 |
But they didn't think the same way I did. |
| 00:58:27 |
Duke: The guidance guy, |
| 00:58:31 |
Man: |
| 00:58:33 |
Duke: I heard him say that |
| 00:58:35 |
and I just voiced right up, |
| 00:58:38 |
"We're go, we're go, Eagle. " |
| 00:58:40 |
And we were go. |
| 00:58:42 |
Capcom: Eagle, Houston, |
| 00:58:44 |
Man: |
| 00:58:46 |
Going for landing, 3000 feet. |
| 00:58:47 |
Look out for alarm: 1201. |
| 00:58:50 |
Capcom: |
| 00:58:51 |
Man: |
| 00:58:52 |
Same type, we're go, flight. |
| 00:58:53 |
- Okay, we're go. |
| 00:58:55 |
Same type, we're go. |
| 00:58:56 |
Man: |
| 00:58:58 |
Roger. |
| 00:59:00 |
Capcom: |
| 00:59:02 |
Man: Fuel critical. |
| 00:59:05 |
Collins: |
| 00:59:07 |
was having a difficult time |
| 00:59:12 |
and I got a little worried then |
| 00:59:15 |
because they didn't have |
| 00:59:17 |
Man: |
| 00:59:19 |
Man 2: |
| 00:59:21 |
Capcom: |
| 00:59:24 |
Duke: The guidance system |
| 00:59:27 |
and it wasn't suitable to land. |
| 00:59:29 |
So we noticed the trajectory level off |
| 00:59:32 |
and he just started |
| 00:59:35 |
across the Moon at a high rate of speed. |
| 00:59:38 |
One of the worst things |
| 00:59:41 |
is stop your rate of descent |
| 00:59:44 |
because then you have to take time |
| 00:59:47 |
then you have to get |
| 00:59:49 |
All that takes gas, okay? |
| 00:59:51 |
So when he levelled off, I thought, |
| 00:59:55 |
Lf... If there was a |
| 00:59:58 |
that we wanted to avoid, |
| 01:00:01 |
there are four things you can do. |
| 01:00:03 |
You can land short, |
| 01:00:05 |
you can land left, right, or land long. |
| 01:00:08 |
All right, to land short, |
| 01:00:11 |
and you lose sight |
| 01:00:14 |
And... Either left or right |
| 01:00:16 |
is also a pretty drastic manoeuvre. |
| 01:00:18 |
The easiest thing to do |
| 01:00:22 |
and fly over and land long. |
| 01:00:23 |
Some of these boulders |
| 01:00:26 |
and you don't want to land |
| 01:00:29 |
and one gear down in a hole. |
| 01:00:31 |
That would not have been good. |
| 01:00:33 |
So, it was a little... Iffy |
| 01:00:42 |
We had two calls |
| 01:00:45 |
The first was "Eagle, 60 seconds", |
| 01:00:50 |
that meant he got |
| 01:00:53 |
and at the end of that 60 seconds, |
| 01:00:55 |
by mission rule, I would call abort. |
| 01:00:59 |
Bean: I never imagined |
| 01:01:02 |
because I think he |
| 01:01:04 |
from wherever the engine quit. |
| 01:01:06 |
He wasn't coming home and saying, |
| 01:01:08 |
"I got low on fuel |
| 01:01:11 |
I don't think any |
| 01:01:13 |
that wouldn't be the right stuff! |
| 01:01:14 |
Man: 300 feet down. |
| 01:01:17 |
Aldrin: |
| 01:01:20 |
and then does what he thinks is right |
| 01:01:22 |
and usually it's the right thing to do. |
| 01:01:25 |
I don't think anybody can come close |
| 01:01:28 |
to touching the skills that he had. |
| 01:01:31 |
Various: |
| 01:01:35 |
60. 60 seconds. |
| 01:01:38 |
Duke: |
| 01:01:40 |
and it was like you could feel it. |
| 01:01:44 |
You couldn't see it, |
| 01:01:47 |
And it was... |
| 01:01:58 |
Man: |
| 01:01:59 |
Picking up some dust. |
| 01:02:02 |
Man: |
| 01:02:07 |
Man: Pull forward. |
| 01:02:09 |
Capcom: |
| 01:02:19 |
Man: |
| 01:02:24 |
Okay, engines stop. |
| 01:02:26 |
Descent. |
| 01:02:28 |
Remote control, both on. |
| 01:02:29 |
Descent engine Command override off. |
| 01:02:31 |
Engine arm off. |
| 01:02:33 |
413 is in. |
| 01:02:36 |
We've had shut down. |
| 01:02:38 |
Capcom: |
| 01:02:40 |
Okay, everybody, t-1, |
| 01:02:44 |
Armstrong: |
| 01:02:45 |
The Eagle has landed! |
| 01:02:47 |
Duke: |
| 01:02:49 |
We copy you on the ground. |
| 01:02:50 |
You've got a bunch of |
| 01:02:52 |
We're breathing again, |
| 01:02:55 |
Armstrong: |
| 01:02:56 |
I was so excited, |
| 01:02:58 |
I- I couldn't even get |
| 01:03:00 |
It was "twang-quillity" |
| 01:03:11 |
Whew! Boy! |
| 01:03:15 |
Stadium announcer: |
| 01:03:17 |
You will be happy to know |
| 01:03:19 |
that the Apollo 11 has landed safely. |
| 01:03:35 |
I think it's just wonderful |
| 01:03:36 |
to be on Earth and to live |
| 01:03:40 |
It's marvellous! |
| 01:03:42 |
And as a French woman, |
| 01:03:44 |
Oh, I think it's wonderful. |
| 01:03:45 |
I always trusted America |
| 01:03:50 |
I think we might have |
| 01:03:52 |
But I... |
| 01:03:54 |
So we were real happy and it was... |
| 01:03:56 |
Real pleased we'd done it |
| 01:03:58 |
and so it was a great feeling |
| 01:04:01 |
For the... President Kennedy |
| 01:04:05 |
we did what we said we were going to do. |
| 01:04:18 |
Capcom: |
| 01:04:20 |
He has landed. |
| 01:04:22 |
Eagle is at |
| 01:04:25 |
Collins: |
| 01:04:27 |
Capcom: |
| 01:04:29 |
Collins: |
| 01:04:36 |
Collins: |
| 01:04:37 |
that I was described as |
| 01:04:42 |
in the universe or something, |
| 01:04:46 |
I mean, I... |
| 01:04:50 |
yakking in my ear half the time. |
| 01:04:55 |
Capcom: |
| 01:04:58 |
Collins: |
| 01:05:00 |
everything is going just swimmingly, |
| 01:05:04 |
Collins: |
| 01:05:05 |
I certainly was aware of the fact |
| 01:05:07 |
that I was by myself, |
| 01:05:10 |
particularly when I was over |
| 01:05:13 |
You know, I can remember |
| 01:05:16 |
and there's 3 billion people, |
| 01:05:19 |
plus two, somewhere down there, |
| 01:05:23 |
and then over here there's one plus... |
| 01:05:27 |
God only knows what!" |
| 01:05:28 |
So, I... I know I felt that strongly, |
| 01:05:31 |
but I didn't feel it as loneliness |
| 01:05:34 |
and I certainly didn't feel it as fear, |
| 01:05:36 |
I felt it as awareness, |
| 01:05:39 |
almost a feeling of exaltation. |
| 01:05:41 |
I... I liked it. |
| 01:05:44 |
Everything was going well |
| 01:05:47 |
I had my happy little home, |
| 01:05:50 |
Everything was fine. I enjoyed that time. |
| 01:05:57 |
They're going to probably open |
| 01:06:02 |
around 9:00 o'clock |
| 01:06:04 |
just two hours from now |
| 01:06:06 |
38-year-old Neil Armstrong, civilian, |
| 01:06:09 |
of Wapakoneta, Ohio, |
| 01:06:11 |
the Commander of this |
| 01:06:14 |
will begin to step down the nine steps |
| 01:06:18 |
to the surface of the Moon itself. |
| 01:06:20 |
And what a moment that will be! |
| 01:06:22 |
Capcom: |
| 01:06:24 |
There's a great deal of contrast in it |
| 01:06:27 |
and currently, |
| 01:06:30 |
but we can make out a fair amount of detail. |
| 01:06:33 |
Scott: I realised, |
| 01:06:36 |
who ever wrote about going to the Moon, |
| 01:06:38 |
I don't believe any of them ever dreamed |
| 01:06:41 |
about the world watching it on television. |
| 01:06:47 |
Capcom: |
| 01:06:49 |
loud and clear. |
| 01:06:52 |
Uh, radio check, and |
| 01:06:56 |
Aldrin: |
| 01:07:07 |
Capcom: |
| 01:07:08 |
we can see you coming |
| 01:07:13 |
Scott: Every place I go, |
| 01:07:16 |
even people who were children, |
| 01:07:20 |
watched Neil put his |
| 01:07:23 |
the whole world participated. |
| 01:07:24 |
Newsreader: |
| 01:07:26 |
prenne pied sur la lune. |
| 01:07:28 |
Les Russes sont loin... |
| 01:07:40 |
Armstrong: |
| 01:07:51 |
I'm at the foot of the ladder. |
| 01:07:54 |
The L.M. Footpads are only, uh... |
| 01:07:59 |
Depressed in the surface about... |
| 01:08:03 |
although the surface appears to be |
| 01:08:08 |
very, very fine-grained |
| 01:08:11 |
It's almost like a powder down there. |
| 01:08:15 |
It's very fine. |
| 01:08:25 |
Okay, I'm going to step off the L.M. Now. |
| 01:08:36 |
That's one small step for Man... |
| 01:08:41 |
One giant leap for Mankind. |
| 01:08:46 |
Newsreader: |
| 01:08:49 |
One giant leap for Mankind. " |
| 01:09:12 |
Scott: |
| 01:09:14 |
but deeper than I thought |
| 01:09:16 |
that he would come up with. |
| 01:09:19 |
I wouldn't have had the |
| 01:09:23 |
I'd have... |
| 01:09:25 |
To me, I'd have been |
| 01:09:26 |
"Yahoo!" You know? |
| 01:09:29 |
It was... That's the kind of response |
| 01:09:32 |
But he was very, very controlled |
| 01:09:36 |
and those words came out |
| 01:09:39 |
and they were very appropriate |
| 01:09:44 |
Capcom: |
| 01:09:46 |
Armstrong: |
| 01:09:48 |
it's like much of the high desert |
| 01:09:53 |
It's different |
| 01:09:56 |
We had it in our flight plan |
| 01:09:59 |
that we'd take the first 10-15 seconds |
| 01:10:03 |
down at the bottom of the ladder, |
| 01:10:04 |
sort of hold on to the |
| 01:10:07 |
and just sort of check |
| 01:10:11 |
Aldrin: |
| 01:10:13 |
and it's a very simple |
| 01:10:15 |
from one step to the next. |
| 01:10:17 |
Aldrin: |
| 01:10:19 |
to take that period of time to, ah... |
| 01:10:21 |
To... |
| 01:10:25 |
Take care of a bodily function |
| 01:10:27 |
of slightly filling up the urine bag, |
| 01:10:30 |
so that I wouldn't be troubled |
| 01:10:34 |
with having to do that later on. |
| 01:10:37 |
Armstrong: |
| 01:10:39 |
So, anyway, everybody has |
| 01:10:44 |
And that one hasn't been |
| 01:10:53 |
Bean: The only change |
| 01:10:55 |
prior to their flight |
| 01:10:58 |
about a month ahead of time, |
| 01:11:01 |
And they said to them, |
| 01:11:03 |
"You're going to plant |
| 01:11:06 |
So, we got the flag out |
| 01:11:11 |
and we'd never really |
| 01:11:32 |
Aldrin: |
| 01:11:34 |
and I knew this was what |
| 01:11:39 |
More people were watching us |
| 01:11:40 |
than had ever watched two human beings |
| 01:11:44 |
and yet we're further away, |
| 01:11:48 |
but in things we've got to do |
| 01:11:51 |
We've got to do some difficult things |
| 01:11:53 |
to get out of this desolate place |
| 01:11:56 |
and get back home again. |
| 01:12:23 |
Capcom: |
| 01:12:25 |
13, we've got one more item for you |
| 01:12:28 |
We'd like you to stir up your cryo tanks. |
| 01:12:33 |
Man: |
| 01:12:38 |
When the explosion occurred, of course, |
| 01:12:39 |
I didn't know what happened. |
| 01:12:42 |
Lovell: |
| 01:12:45 |
Capcom: |
| 01:12:50 |
Lovell: |
| 01:12:53 |
And then come up to the top |
| 01:12:55 |
and then went down to zero again. |
| 01:13:06 |
We were in serious trouble. |
| 01:13:10 |
I thought when I saw |
| 01:13:13 |
I figured we'd lost them. |
| 01:13:15 |
I didn't think we'd make it. |
| 01:13:18 |
Lovell: |
| 01:13:20 |
We didn't panic. |
| 01:13:24 |
we'd still be up there, |
| 01:13:25 |
or we could have |
| 01:13:28 |
and be back where we started from. |
| 01:13:30 |
So the first thing |
| 01:13:33 |
"What do we have to work with |
| 01:13:35 |
And of course, |
| 01:13:39 |
It was like, abandon ship, |
| 01:13:42 |
and we'll come back in the lifeboat. |
| 01:13:47 |
Capcom: |
| 01:13:49 |
worth of power left |
| 01:13:50 |
so we want you to start |
| 01:13:53 |
and getting some power in it. |
| 01:13:56 |
And you ready to copy your procedure? |
| 01:13:58 |
Man: |
| 01:14:06 |
I worked on the problem |
| 01:14:09 |
as the prime propulsion vehicle, |
| 01:14:14 |
And how they could fly it manually, |
| 01:14:18 |
if they'd lost the prime guidance system. |
| 01:14:22 |
Duke: |
| 01:14:24 |
had worked on this manoeuvre |
| 01:14:26 |
on what was called a |
| 01:14:29 |
so they would come back |
| 01:14:30 |
and come right back |
| 01:14:34 |
on the correct angle and velocity. |
| 01:14:37 |
Man: Apollo 13, 2 minutes away now |
| 01:14:41 |
Lovell: |
| 01:14:44 |
to figure out our attitude, |
| 01:14:46 |
we had to get the Earth in the window |
| 01:14:50 |
Man: |
| 01:14:52 |
Lovell: |
| 01:14:54 |
without an autopilot, I'd never be able |
| 01:14:58 |
so Fred-O kept the Earth |
| 01:15:00 |
I kept it from going up and down... |
| 01:15:05 |
I had to learn to... |
| 01:15:08 |
in a very short period of time. |
| 01:15:09 |
But you'd be surprised |
| 01:15:13 |
Capcom: |
| 01:15:15 |
Duke: My attitude went from, |
| 01:15:18 |
to, "If we don't foul up |
| 01:15:21 |
and we don't have any other disaster, |
| 01:15:23 |
we're going to make it. " |
| 01:15:34 |
Bean: It was NASA's greatest moment, |
| 01:15:37 |
And that crew, |
| 01:15:41 |
and do things right the first time, |
| 01:15:43 |
that's important, it was just great. |
| 01:15:47 |
It was a case of survival |
| 01:15:51 |
and surviving to see the next sunrise |
| 01:15:55 |
And it wasn't until I got |
| 01:15:59 |
that I became very much disappointed |
| 01:16:02 |
in not making a landing on the Moon. |
| 01:16:19 |
Man: |
| 01:16:20 |
when you're down here |
| 01:16:21 |
Scott: |
| 01:16:23 |
that we were below the |
| 01:16:25 |
Man: |
| 01:16:28 |
Bean: |
| 01:16:29 |
and I thought to myself, |
| 01:16:31 |
"God, I hope Pete doesn't land over there |
| 01:16:35 |
Man: |
| 01:16:36 |
We were blowing lunar dust everywhere. |
| 01:16:39 |
It was like landing through the fog. |
| 01:16:45 |
Man: |
| 01:16:46 |
Man, is we here! |
| 01:16:49 |
Cernan: |
| 01:16:51 |
in my whole flight when time stood still, |
| 01:16:53 |
it was those first few seconds |
| 01:16:57 |
and everything came to a screeching halt. |
| 01:17:00 |
And there we were. |
| 01:17:10 |
Mitchell: |
| 01:17:11 |
"Wow, this is, uh... |
| 01:17:14 |
This is a different world!" |
| 01:17:16 |
And, uh, there's a part of it of... |
| 01:17:19 |
"You dumb ass... You've really got yourself |
| 01:17:30 |
Bean: When you land |
| 01:17:32 |
and you get out, nobody's out there. |
| 01:17:35 |
This little L.M. And then |
| 01:17:38 |
on this whole big place. |
| 01:17:41 |
And that's a weird feeling, |
| 01:17:46 |
Two people and that's it. |
| 01:17:54 |
Man: |
| 01:17:59 |
Unbelievable. |
| 01:18:00 |
But is it bright in the Sun. |
| 01:18:03 |
Oh, look at that. |
| 01:18:05 |
Isn't that something? |
| 01:18:07 |
We're up on a slope, Joe, |
| 01:18:09 |
and we're looking back |
| 01:18:11 |
It's beautiful. |
| 01:18:24 |
Dad, this is really |
| 01:18:28 |
Never been on a ride like this before. |
| 01:18:31 |
Schmitt: |
| 01:18:34 |
very comfortable ride for the most part, |
| 01:18:38 |
but any time you hit |
| 01:18:41 |
you're going to be off the surface |
| 01:18:47 |
Cernan: I hold the world's speed record |
| 01:18:50 |
I think it was |
| 01:18:57 |
I think even Gene Cernan |
| 01:19:00 |
felt that that was a little fast! |
| 01:19:02 |
Man: |
| 01:19:04 |
and it's just sporty driving. |
| 01:19:05 |
I've just got to keep my eye |
| 01:19:09 |
What really saves you up there |
| 01:19:10 |
is there's nobody coming down the road |
| 01:19:13 |
Man: |
| 01:19:24 |
Duke: I think the feeling |
| 01:19:26 |
was the feeling of awe. |
| 01:19:29 |
The Moon was the most spectacularly |
| 01:19:34 |
Unspoiled, untouched. |
| 01:19:39 |
It had a vibrancy about it |
| 01:19:43 |
and the contrast between the Moon |
| 01:19:45 |
and the black sky was so vivid and... |
| 01:19:48 |
It just made this impression, you know, |
| 01:19:51 |
of excitement and wonder. |
| 01:20:01 |
Schmitt: |
| 01:20:03 |
We were looking at things |
| 01:20:06 |
had never seen before |
| 01:20:09 |
they weren't thinking about them |
| 01:20:11 |
in terms of understanding our Earth |
| 01:20:13 |
and our solar system |
| 01:20:20 |
And that's what we were. |
| 01:20:21 |
We were scientific explorers |
| 01:20:23 |
right from the moment |
| 01:20:30 |
Man 1: |
| 01:20:34 |
Man 2: |
| 01:20:36 |
Man 1: |
| 01:20:39 |
there's a rock in the near field on this rim... |
| 01:20:41 |
I'd like you to pick it up as a ground sample. |
| 01:20:45 |
I say, John, just look at that footprint. |
| 01:20:48 |
Look underneath that |
| 01:20:50 |
...a centimetre or so under, it's white! |
| 01:20:54 |
Absolutely white right here. |
| 01:20:56 |
Man 2: |
| 01:20:58 |
All set. |
| 01:21:00 |
Okay, I'm going to get the... |
| 01:21:02 |
shadowed material... |
| 01:21:06 |
Man 1: |
| 01:21:46 |
Collins: |
| 01:21:48 |
"Oh, we've done it!" |
| 01:21:50 |
I mean, we've done part of it, but, uh... |
| 01:21:53 |
I was a lot more worried, I guess, |
| 01:21:57 |
about getting them up off the Moon |
| 01:22:00 |
than I was about getting |
| 01:22:04 |
The motor on the Lunar Module |
| 01:22:09 |
and if something went wrong with it, |
| 01:22:12 |
you know, they were dead men, |
| 01:22:14 |
there was no other way |
| 01:22:20 |
Announcer: |
| 01:22:21 |
the President of the United States. |
| 01:22:25 |
Good evening, |
| 01:22:28 |
Tonight, I want to talk to you |
| 01:22:29 |
on a subject of deep concern |
| 01:22:33 |
and to many people |
| 01:22:36 |
Collins: |
| 01:22:37 |
that the men who went to the Moon |
| 01:22:40 |
will stay on the Moon to rest in peace. |
| 01:22:43 |
These brave men, |
| 01:22:47 |
know that there is no hope |
| 01:22:50 |
but they also know that |
| 01:22:57 |
I mean, this is, you know... |
| 01:22:58 |
What a public relations |
| 01:23:04 |
Aldrin: |
| 01:23:08 |
Port stage, engine arm, ascent, proceed. |
| 01:23:18 |
Beautiful. |
| 01:23:23 |
Armstrong: |
| 01:23:26 |
Aldrin: |
| 01:23:29 |
Balance couple, off. |
| 01:23:31 |
Very quiet ride. |
| 01:23:38 |
Capcom: Eagle, Houston request |
| 01:23:44 |
Man: |
| 01:23:48 |
Capcom: Eagle, Houston, |
| 01:23:53 |
Collins: |
| 01:23:55 |
It's a beautiful little thing, |
| 01:23:58 |
a little golden bug down |
| 01:24:00 |
and it gets slowly bigger and bigger. |
| 01:24:04 |
They seem to be, you |
| 01:24:07 |
they were very precise. |
| 01:24:10 |
And then it got right up next to me |
| 01:24:17 |
to make the connection |
| 01:24:33 |
Finally, they got back |
| 01:24:36 |
and I grabbed Buzz by both ears |
| 01:24:40 |
and I was going to kiss |
| 01:24:42 |
I can remember that. |
| 01:24:44 |
And I got him to right about here |
| 01:24:46 |
and I said, "That's not a very... |
| 01:24:49 |
good thing to do somehow," |
| 01:24:51 |
so I forgot, |
| 01:24:54 |
or shook his hand or did something. |
| 01:24:56 |
And again, you don't have time |
| 01:25:01 |
because you've got T.E.L. Coming up |
| 01:25:03 |
in another... little while, |
| 01:25:07 |
so you've got to get ready for that |
| 01:25:21 |
Mitchell: The biggest joy |
| 01:25:27 |
In my cockpit window, every two minutes, |
| 01:25:29 |
the Earth, the Moon, the Sun |
| 01:25:31 |
and a whole 360 degree |
| 01:25:36 |
And that was a powerful, |
| 01:25:42 |
And suddenly I realized |
| 01:25:46 |
and the molecules of the spacecraft |
| 01:25:48 |
and the molecules in the bodies |
| 01:25:51 |
were prototyped and manufactured |
| 01:25:54 |
in some ancient generation of stars. |
| 01:26:01 |
And that was an overwhelming sense |
| 01:26:06 |
It wasn't them and us, |
| 01:26:10 |
it's one thing. " |
| 01:26:12 |
And it was accompanied by an ecstasy, |
| 01:26:15 |
a sense of, "oh my God. Wow, yes," |
| 01:26:43 |
Duke: |
| 01:26:46 |
The last time I looked at my computer, |
| 01:26:49 |
we were accelerating |
| 01:26:55 |
which is... uh, translates |
| 01:27:00 |
A rifle bullet only |
| 01:27:06 |
Collins: |
| 01:27:08 |
Your heat shield is on fire |
| 01:27:11 |
Its fragments are |
| 01:27:15 |
It's like being inside a gigantic light bulb. |
| 01:27:26 |
Duke: |
| 01:27:29 |
and by the time you've got to 90,000 feet, |
| 01:27:31 |
you're basically coming |
| 01:27:40 |
Collins: Well, then the final link |
| 01:27:44 |
is, well, there... Actually, |
| 01:27:45 |
I guess I'd have to say |
| 01:27:47 |
but, uh... the important one |
| 01:27:54 |
Mains coming out, |
| 01:27:57 |
and these three |
| 01:28:07 |
Collins: The three orange and |
| 01:28:22 |
That was the end. |
| 01:28:23 |
That was the last of the daisy... |
| 01:28:24 |
Well, then we had to get out. |
| 01:28:29 |
I can remember the beautiful water. |
| 01:28:31 |
You know, we were out in the deep |
| 01:28:34 |
It was such a startling violet colour. |
| 01:28:38 |
I remember looking at |
| 01:28:40 |
"Nice ocean you got here, |
| 01:28:52 |
To me, the marvel of it |
| 01:28:54 |
is that it all worked like clockwork, |
| 01:28:58 |
I almost said like magic. |
| 01:28:59 |
There might be a little magic mixed up |
| 01:29:04 |
in the back of that big clock somewhere... |
| 01:29:09 |
Because everything worked |
| 01:29:12 |
Nobody messed up. |
| 01:29:14 |
Even I didn't make mistakes. |
| 01:29:33 |
Aldrin: I knew that anyone |
| 01:29:37 |
was certainly going to be propelled |
| 01:29:40 |
into the public view in an enormous way. |
| 01:29:44 |
That awareness was troublesome |
| 01:29:47 |
and interfered during the mission. |
| 01:29:51 |
But it's nothing like what happens |
| 01:29:56 |
and for the rest of your life. |
| 01:29:59 |
You are the person now, |
| 01:30:01 |
not just an average fighter pilot, |
| 01:30:03 |
who did this and that pretty well, |
| 01:30:07 |
but, "This guy walked on the Moon. " |
| 01:30:09 |
And now I have to sort of uphold that image |
| 01:30:14 |
for the rest of my life, no matter what I do. |
| 01:30:22 |
Bean: Can't think of a negative thing |
| 01:30:25 |
I think it's wonderful |
| 01:30:29 |
Even though |
| 01:30:31 |
then that helps to preserve the image. |
| 01:30:34 |
That's a tough role. |
| 01:30:36 |
I'm glad... I'd love to do that, |
| 01:30:38 |
but I'd hate to try to fill that role. |
| 01:30:40 |
That's a tough role. |
| 01:30:42 |
Yeah... Boy! |
| 01:30:53 |
Collins: |
| 01:30:55 |
the three of us went |
| 01:30:58 |
Wherever we went, |
| 01:31:01 |
people, instead of saying, |
| 01:31:04 |
Everywhere, they said, "We did it. |
| 01:31:06 |
We Humankind, we the Human race, |
| 01:31:09 |
we, people, did it. " |
| 01:31:11 |
And, I had never heard of, um... |
| 01:31:15 |
people in different countries |
| 01:31:19 |
as emphatically as we were hearing |
| 01:31:23 |
from Europeans, Asians, Africans... |
| 01:31:28 |
Wherever we went, |
| 01:31:30 |
And I thought that |
| 01:31:32 |
Ephemeral, but wonderful. |
| 01:32:06 |
Cernan: I felt that I was |
| 01:32:09 |
somewhere out there in space, |
| 01:32:10 |
a plateau that science and technology |
| 01:32:15 |
But now, what I was seeing |
| 01:32:18 |
what I was feeling at |
| 01:32:22 |
science and technology |
| 01:32:25 |
Literally no answers, |
| 01:32:26 |
because there I was |
| 01:32:32 |
there you are, |
| 01:32:36 |
and I felt that the world... |
| 01:32:40 |
too much logic |
| 01:32:42 |
to have happened by accident. |
| 01:32:43 |
There has to be |
| 01:32:46 |
and bigger than me |
| 01:32:48 |
and I mean this in a spiritual sense |
| 01:32:52 |
There has to be |
| 01:32:54 |
who stands above the religions |
| 01:32:57 |
that we ourselves create to govern our lives. |
| 01:33:06 |
Duke: A friend of ours got us |
| 01:33:12 |
And after that weekend, I said to Jesus, |
| 01:33:17 |
and if you're real, come into my life. " |
| 01:33:20 |
And I believe and he did and I had... |
| 01:33:24 |
I had this sense of peace |
| 01:33:27 |
that was... that was hard to describe. |
| 01:33:33 |
It was so dramatic |
| 01:33:40 |
I say, my walk |
| 01:33:43 |
and it was a great adventure, |
| 01:33:45 |
but my walk with God lasts forever. |
| 01:33:52 |
Collins: |
| 01:33:55 |
that's drastically different |
| 01:33:58 |
like flying to the Moon |
| 01:34:01 |
everyone tells you how important it is, |
| 01:34:04 |
and how important, |
| 01:34:06 |
Then by comparison a lot of other things |
| 01:34:09 |
that used to seem important |
| 01:34:13 |
And I'm not saying that I'm able to face life |
| 01:34:19 |
with greater equanimity |
| 01:34:21 |
because I've flown to the Moon, but I try to. |
| 01:34:26 |
And maybe some of our |
| 01:34:29 |
don't seem as important |
| 01:34:32 |
than they did before. |
| 01:34:37 |
Lovell: |
| 01:34:38 |
but what we really learned |
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The fact that just from |
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you could put your thumb up, |
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and you can hide the |
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Everything that you have ever known... |
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Your loved ones, your business, |
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all behind your thumb. |
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And how insignificant we really all are. |
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But then how fortunate we are |
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and to be able to enjoy living here |
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amongst the beauty of the Earth itself. |
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Scott: |
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and we don't take very good care of it. |
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And I think the elevation of that awareness |
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is a real contribution to, you know, |
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Young: Earth has changed a lot |
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There's a lot of things like urban pollution |
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and you can see that when you hit orbit now. |
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You can see the big cities |
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all have their own set of unique atmospheres, |
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They really do. |
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We ought to be looking out for our kids |
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and what are we worried about? |
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The price of a gallon of gasoline, |
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you know, in the United States, |
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I said, that's awful, you know? |
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Bean: |
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I have not complained |
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I'm glad there is weather. |
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I've not complained about traffic, |
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I'm glad there's people around. |
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One of the things that I did when I got home, |
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I went down to shopping centres |
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get an ice cream cone or something |
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and think, "Boy, we're lucky to be here, |
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why do people complain about the Earth?" |
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We are living in the Garden of Eden! |
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Collins: |
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I would use the word "luck". |
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I just feel very lucky. |
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You know, Neil Armstrong |
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Buzz Aldrin was born in 1930, |
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Mike Collins was born in 1930. |
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I mean how lucky can you get? |
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We just happened along at the right time. |
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I feel blessed every single day. |
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Not a day goes by |
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this was wonderful... " |
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Somebody had to go |
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so it is great. |
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You know, some of the tabloids |
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are saying that we did this |
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Maybe that would have been a good idea! |
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I don't know how I would... |
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grab someone by the collar |
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and shake them |
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Any significant event in history, |
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somebody's had a conspiracy theory |
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I don't know two Americans |
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without one of them |
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Can you imagine thousands of people |
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We've been to the Moon nine times. |
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I mean, why did we fake it nine times... |
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If we faked it? |
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Truth needs no defence. |
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Nobody, nobody... |
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Can ever take those footsteps |
