:07:00
leaving them
20 seconds of fuel...
:07:02
to either get down
or level off their descent and abort.
:07:05
At six feet,
if all goes well...
:07:08
probes extending from the landing gear
will touch the surface...
:07:11
and they will get
the "contact" light.
:07:13
Armstrong will then shut off
the descent engine and they will drop...
:07:16
gently to the surface...
:07:18
and mankind will never be
the same again, blah, blah, blah.
:07:22
The landing is, by far,
the most difficult part of this mission.
:07:27
Getting to the moon isn't easy.
Neither is walking on it.
:07:30
Or blasting off, docking
and going home.
:07:32
But the landing, that's the thing:
One shot, no second approaches...
:07:36
a quarter of a million miles
from home.
:07:39
For the next three months...
:07:42
we will do everything in our power
to see that these men land safely...
:07:46
which means, for the next three months
we must do everything in our power...
:07:49
to kill them.
:07:52
So, how many times have you
"killed" the crew of Apollo 11?
:07:58
- Well, many times.
- Hundreds of times? Thousands?
:08:01
It's for their own good.
:08:03
I understand the crew kept training in
the simulators up to the last minutes.
:08:07
Armstrong and Aldrin
were in the simulator at the Cape...
:08:11
right up till the day
before the launch.
:08:14
How did they do?
Did they make a good landing?
:08:17
Emmett,
they were absolutely perfect.
:08:20
I appreciate your coming by.
Thanks for putting up with me.
:08:23
Now, some time ago...
:08:25
well before they entered the flight crew
health stabilization program...
:08:29
prior to last Wednesday's launch...
:08:31
I had the special opportunity...
well, honor, really...
:08:36
to chat with Michael Collins, as well
as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.
:08:40
We're chatting with these three men
who need no introduction.
:08:45
Starting with you,
Michael Collins.
:08:48
While your crewmates walk around
in the Sea of Tranquility...
:08:51
you'll be all alone...
:08:53
the only member
of the human race...
:08:55
completely cut off
from mother Earth.
:08:58
Won't it get terribly lonely?