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Roger Chaffee was on the crew
of Apollo 1...
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killed in the fire
with Gus Grissom and Ed White.
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Then there was C.C. Williams.
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He was supposed to be the original
lunar module pilot on Apollo 12...
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along with Pete and Dick.
:27:18
He had spent the night before
our astronaut physicals...
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jumping up and down
to compress his spine.
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There was a six-foot height limit,
and C.C. Was a shade over six feet even.
:27:28
He was a superb astronaut
who impressed everyone he met...
:27:33
but C.C. Was killed
when his T-38...
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went into a spin over the swamps
of Tallahassee.
:27:37
He had been cruising at 24,000 feet
when his controls locked...
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and the plane went
into a steep dive.
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He didn't have time to bail out.
:27:45
At that point, I wasn't even hoping
to fly Apollo anymore.
:27:48
It just hurt too much
to think about it.
:27:51
But I guess somebody
was looking out for me.
:27:53
Somebody named Pete Conrad.
:27:57
Al, you got a minute?
:28:00
Hi, Pete. Sure.
What can I do for you?
:28:02
I just talked to Deke.
:28:05
How'd you like to go to the moon
with Dick and me?
:28:09
Do you think you can give up
all this excitement?
:28:19
You okay?
:28:22
You're on board.
:28:24
Mm-hmm.
:28:29
It was such a shock...
:28:31
it took some time
to really sink in.
:28:37
Once on the moon, I had little time
to think about such things.
:28:41
I heard once the real cost
of us being there...
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was about a million dollars
for each minute.
:28:45
Pete and I did our best to stretch
every penny of America's money.
:28:49
We're not just astronauts.
:28:50
Suddenly, we're meteorologists,
seismologists...
:28:53
geologists, geochemists,
you name it.
:28:55
Pete and Al, Houston.
:28:57
Looks like you did your job.
We're getting data back.
:28:59
Houston, you don't know
how happy I am.