>> WE ARE GO FOR A MISSION
TO THE MOON AT THIS TIME.
>> ENGINES ON.
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO--
ALL ENGINES RUNNING.
LAUNCH COMMENCE.
LIFT-OFF, WE HAVE LIFT-OFF.
>> SIMPLY STATED, THE PURPOSE
OF THE APOLLO 10 FLIGHT
IS THE FINAL TEST OF THE MEN
AND MACHINES REQUIRED
TO DO THE LUNAR LANDING MISSION.
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>> IT'S SO HARD TO DESCRIBE.
AND THE BLACKEST BLACK
THAT YOU EVER COULD CONCEIVE
IS THE SETTING FOR ALL THIS.
IT-IT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> WELL, WE SEE IT ALL
HERE, GENE.
ITS, UH, COLORS ARE
REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
>> UH, ROGER, HOUSTON.
APOLLO 10.
YOU CAN TELL THE WORLD THAT
WE HAVE ARRIVED.
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>> UH, THEY GIVE A SILVER SNOOPY
FOR EXCELLENCE AWARD.
I WANTED TO HONOR THE PEOPLE
THAT HAD JUST WORKED SO HARD.
SO WE CALLED IT SNOOPY.
WELL, YOU NEEDED TWO NAMES,
SO NATURALLY, THE OTHER ONE
WAS CHARLIE BROWN.
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YOU'RE AMAZED AT WHAT YOU SEE.
THE ONE THING THAT ALWAYS
AMAZED ME WERE THE SIZE
OF THE BOULDERS.
THERE WERE THESE GIGANTIC
CRATERS, AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM
WOULD BE BOULDERS, AND
UP ON THE RIM WOULD BE BOULDERS.
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SO USING THE HASSELBLAD CAMERAS,
YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION
AVAILABLE THEN.
AND THE RADAR WAS GOING.
SO RADAR MAPPED, PHOTO MAPPED
AND VISION MAPPED.
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WE'RE COMING DOWN GOING
UPSIDE DOWN AND BACKWARDS
TO RETROGRADE.
I HEARD THE THRUSTERS
START TO FIRE-- HEARD THIS
BA-BANG, BANG, BANG.
SO WHAT I DID--
THE STAGING SWITCH WAS HERE--
RAISED THE THING, BOOM,
STAGED IT.
THEN MEANWHILE, I WENT TO
HARD STOPS.
BUT I GOT HER BACK
UNDER CONTROL AND WE MADE
THE MANEUVER, CAME BACK
AND DID A PERFECT RENDEZVOUS.
ONE THING PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK:
"WERE YOU FRIGHTENED?
"WERE YOU SCARED?"
THE ANSWER IS NO.
WE WERE FIGHTER PILOTS,
TEST PILOTS, SO WE KNEW
WHAT THE RISKS WERE,
YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD
TO MITIGATE THE RISK,
BUT THERE WAS A RISK.
SO WE UNDERSTOOD THAT.
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WELL, WE HAD A SERIES OF
DEBRIEFINGS WITH THEM ABOUT--
'CAUSE WE HAD ALL THE PROCEDURES
WORKED OUT.
IN FACT, I REMEMBER
I WENT TO NEIL, I SAYS,
"BUDDY, HERE YOU ARE.
"HERE'S ALL THE TECHNIQUES,
"ALL THE PROCEDURES
"DOWN TO THE LAST 50,000 FEET.
"AND YOU TAKE IT THERE."
POWERED DESCENT ON THE SURFACE,
50,000 FEET UP, IT'S ALL DONE.
SO HE JUST FOLLOWED
ALL THE PROCEDURES WE HAD.
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WE MADE IT BACK FROM THE MOON
TO THE EARTH IN 42 HOURS.
IT WAS 24,791 MILES AN HOUR,
OR IN MACH NUMBERS, MACH 36.
OR IF YOU WANNA BE PRECISE
SCIENTIFICALLY, IT WAS
0.0037% OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
SO WE WERE FLAT MOVING.
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>> CHARLIE, IT MIGHT SOUND
CORNY, BUT THE VIEW IS
REALLY OUTTA THIS WORLD.
