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as we celebrate the 45th anniversary of

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the Apollo 11 landing on the moon I want

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to recognize the inspiration that Neil

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Armstrong Buzz Aldrin and Michael

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Collins all provided our country it

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continues to fuel a spark of innovation

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that's going to take us to new

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destinations and to new breakthroughs

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and exploration on that historic night

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my wife Jackie and I along with several

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of my Naval Air Training Command flight

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school classmates had rushed back from a

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weekend of revelry in New Orleans to

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return to the Naval Air Station Meridian

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Mississippi Bachelor officers quarters

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so we could witness the historic first

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steps on an old black-and-white TV I

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know I've never forgotten that moment

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and it was always in my mind as I

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pursued my career as a Marine Corps

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pilot never dreaming that one day I

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would become an astronaut and have an

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opportunity to literally follow in the

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footsteps of Neil Buzz and Mike that

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drive to reach higher is alive and well

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in today's astronauts who will travel

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aboard american-made commercial vehicles

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to the International Space Station and

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aboard Orion on our very challenging

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path to Mars in this year after Neil's

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passing knowing that he's looking down

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on us as we strive to measure up to what

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he would have expected of us as a nation

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I feel very special obligation to say

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thank you Neil Buzz and Mike we're

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standing on your shoulders building on

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your historic achievements and getting