From the Earth to the Moon
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:31:04
It's impossible to truly appreciate
something when it's happening.

:31:09
I suppose I had flashes of thought like:
"How did I get to the moon?"

:31:13
But if you put yourself
in my place...

:31:15
your head would be filled with so many
checklists and procedures...

:31:17
that all you could do, really,
was look at the panel readouts...

:31:21
upon which your life depends...
:31:23
feeling bad
about that lost TV camera.

:31:26
It wasn't the reason
we came to the moon.

:31:28
I know we're all human
and we mess up...

:31:31
but I sure felt bad about it.
:31:35
I seem to be a bit more sensitive
about such things than my colleagues.

:31:42
Pete and Dick are more typical
of the astronaut personality:

:31:46
Unflappable, confident,
fun loving.

:31:50
As for me,
one out of three ain't bad.

:31:54
We did have fun together.
:31:56
We were the most close-knit
of any crew that ever flew.

:32:00
Pete even got us
matching gold Corvettes...

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customized for our positions
on the crew:

:32:04
CDR for commander...
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CMP for command module pilot...
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and LMP for me,
the lunar module pilot.

:32:12
Those men were then and still are
my best friends.

:32:16
If you're gonna do all this work
to get to the moon, it should be fun.

:32:33
I probably should have taken
a sleeping pill, but that wasn't manly.

:32:37
Finally, I was able
to put work aside...

:32:39
allow myself a moment of peace,
a moment of calm.

:32:44
Finally, I got to sleep.
:32:49
That doesn't sound right.
:32:51
It's okay.
:32:53
No warning lights.
:32:55
- The cabin pressure is okay.
- It's the cooling pump.

:32:57
Helium regulator's nominal.
It's not the burst disk.


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