>> WE BROUGHT BACK MORE THAN ALL
THE APOLLO MISSIONS COMBINED.
I WAS ABLE TO BRING HIM BACK ONE
OF THESE.
>> IS THIS A BRIBE?
>> NO, MA'AM.
IT'S A CHALLENGE.
GET US PAST THE MOON.
>> THAT IS SEAN PENN IN THE 
FIRST.
IT DEBUTS ON FRIDAY.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SHOW.
REALLY GOOD.
>> WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT IT?
I NEVER WANT TO SPOIL IT BECAUSE
I HAD SEEN AND KNOW THE WHOLE 
THING.
I DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT FOR 
ANYONE.
>> I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT IT
BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH AN 
INTERESTING THING TO HEAR THE 
ONE WHO CREATED IT.
I FIRST SAT DOWN AND HE TOLD ME 
WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
HE WAS SAYING AT THE COMMERCIAL,
VERY RARELY HAVE I SAT DOWN WITH
THE VISIONARY OF SOMETHING AND 
COME OUT THE OTHER END SEEING IT
AND SAYING IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE 
HAD IN MIND.
ALL THE NUANCE AND WHERE THE 
EMPHASIS WOULD BE.
IT'S THE FURTHEST THING FROM 
WHAT HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL 
SCIENCE FICTION OR SPACE 
EXPLORATION STR TELLING.
SO MUCH HAS TO DO IN TERMS OF 
WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT CHARACTER 
THAT I PLAY.
IT'S THAT HE WAS BORN TO BE THE 
FATHER OF HIS YOUNG TROUBLED 
DAUGHTER AND HE WAS BORN TO BE 
THE COMMANDER OF THE FIRST 
MISSION TO MARS AND DO YOU GO 
AWAY FOR WHAT IS A 2.5 YEAR 
MISSION FOR REASONS I WON'T GET 
INTO.
A NEED OF A PRESENT PARENT.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I 
THINK EVERYONE DEALS WITH IN 
THEIR LIFE AND IT'S TAKEN TO THE
EXTREME OF SCIENCE.
THE EXTREME OF ADVENTURE IN 
THOSE PURSUITS OF THE PEOPLE 
THAT DO THAT.
I THINK ALL OF US THAT STRUGGLE 
WITH THE TIME THAT WE SPENT WITH
OUR WHICH WERE AND TIME THAT WE 
SPENT PURSUING THOSE THINGS THAT
FEED US OR FEED US OR ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT WE ALL HAVE TO DO.
ALL OF THAT IN THE FRAME OF THIS
FREIGHT ASPIRATION THAT IS SORT 
OF A SUPER NATURAL ASPIRATION.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOON 
LANDING?
DO YOU HAVE MEMORIES OF THAT?
>> I REMEMBER IT VERY WELL.
I REMEMBER IT PARTICULARLY 
BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S,
IT'S A LONG, LONG STORY THAT I 
WON'T BORE YOU ALL WITH, BUT THE
SON OF MY FATHER'S FRIEND WAS 
ONE OF THE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS
ATTACHED TO THE ASTRONAUTS.
THE ASTRONAUTS HAD WITHOUT 
APPROVAL FROM NASA HAD HAD A 
COIN MINTED WITH THE EARTH FROM 
THE MOON ON THE COIN.
>> THEY GOT THE PERSPECTIVE 
WRONG BECAUSE THEY DID IT BEFORE
THEY GOT UP THERE.
THE COINS WERE NEVER TOUCHED BY 
HUMAN HANDS.
YOU CAN SEE THE COIN.
THEN THEY BROUGHT THEM UP AND 
STAMPED THEM ON THE MOON.
THEY POSTAGE STAMPED THE MOON.
THAT GUY, THAT SON OF MY FATHER 
CAME BACK OR THE ASTRONAUT WHO 
HE WAS PROTECTING CAME BACK AND 
IN GRATITUDE FOR THE TIME THAT 
THE SECRET SERVICE AGENT SPENT, 
HE GAVE ONE OF THESE COINS TO IN
THESE ENVELOPES.
THAT SECRET SERVICE AGENT GAVE 
IT TO HIS FATHER WHO GAVE IT TO 
MY FATHER WHO GAVE IT TO ME.
I STILL HAVE THAT FROM WHEN I 
WAS NINE YEARS OLD.
>> WOW.
>> SO THAT'S -- I GOT THE MOON.
>> YEAH.
I DIDN'T REALIZE NEAL ARMSTRONG 
WAS THE FIRST MAIL MAN ON THE 
MOON.
>> YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO 
IT.
>> WHEN PEOPLE WATCH THE SERIES,
THAT STORY WILL BE ESPECIALLY 
MEANINGFUL IF YOU KNOW WHAT I 
MEAN.
SEAN PENN IS DOING A TELEVISION 
SHOW.
THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS WATCH 
IT
