:43:06
- What are you laughing at?
- Yeah. What's so funny?
:43:09
I don't think I'll ever forget...
:43:11
when all that good stuff
was lighting up...
:43:13
and then CAPCOM called up
SCE to auxiliary.
:43:17
I didn't know
what the hell that meant...
:43:19
and you were awfully quiet,
I might add.
:43:21
All I hear is Al Bean's voice,
two octaves higher than normal...
:43:24
saying, "I know what it is."
:43:28
The best record of what it was like
to have gone to the moon and return...
:43:31
is not in the tangible evidence
of the endeavor.
:43:34
It's not in the things we took
or brought back.
:43:39
It wouldn't have been
in the TV footage we never got...
:43:42
which I beat myself up over
for half the mission.
:43:45
It's in the individual
consciousness and vision...
:43:48
of the human beings
who made the trip.
:43:51
People like Dick Gordon,
Pete Conrad and even me.
:43:56
My, that sun is bright.
:43:59
It feels good.
:44:04
- Let's go.
- Yeah.
:44:07
In the end,
what I have left are memories.
:44:12
Almost like it was a trip
to the seashore...
:44:14
or a drive in the country.
:44:16
They mix together
in a constant stream...
:44:18
of thoughts and images
that come and go...
:44:20
like all memories do.
:44:25
The most precious things
I brought back with me...
:44:27
were the same things
I left with:
:44:29
My two best friends.
:44:33
I realize when you go through
any endeavor, any journey...
:44:36
whether across town
or to the moon and back...
:44:40
all that matters is sharing the
experience with people that you love.
:44:45
That's what makes life special.
:44:47
Because, ultimately,
that's all there is.
:44:51
That's really all there is.
:44:52
There's a place up ahead
and I'm going
:44:55
Just as fast
as my feet can fly
:44:59
Come away
Come away if you're going