1 00:01:10,000 --> 00:02:10,389 do 2 00:02:10,399 --> 00:02:42,790 go ahead 3 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:46,550 as i step off at the surface at taurus 4 00:02:51,589 --> 00:02:49,440 we'd like to dedicate the first steps 5 00:02:54,710 --> 00:02:51,599 of apollo 17 6 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:54,720 to all those who made it possible 7 00:02:59,190 --> 00:02:56,720 let's see if i can't crash the corner 8 00:03:00,710 --> 00:02:59,200 and get that contact 9 00:03:03,589 --> 00:03:00,720 if i can't get a 10 00:03:05,350 --> 00:03:03,599 pottery it's obviously very 11 00:03:07,910 --> 00:03:05,360 very cohesive 12 00:03:09,670 --> 00:03:07,920 because it the bottom of the core is not 13 00:03:18,470 --> 00:03:09,680 smooth it's very jaggedy 14 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:20,309 it's a rock 15 00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:22,560 composed of many 16 00:03:25,830 --> 00:03:23,760 fragments 17 00:03:27,910 --> 00:03:25,840 of many sizes 18 00:03:29,990 --> 00:03:27,920 in many shapes 19 00:03:32,949 --> 00:03:30,000 when we return this rock 20 00:03:36,229 --> 00:03:32,959 or some of the others like it to houston 21 00:03:37,990 --> 00:03:36,239 we'd like to share a piece of this rock 22 00:03:40,070 --> 00:03:38,000 with so many of the countries throughout 23 00:03:41,750 --> 00:03:40,080 the world we hope that this will be a 24 00:03:43,990 --> 00:03:41,760 symbol 25 00:03:45,910 --> 00:03:44,000 of what our feelings are 26 00:03:46,949 --> 00:03:45,920 what the feelings of the apollo program 27 00:03:48,789 --> 00:03:46,959 are 28 00:03:49,750 --> 00:03:48,799 and the symbol of mankind that we can 29 00:03:55,350 --> 00:03:49,760 live 30 00:04:00,070 --> 00:03:57,509 and a final word from the last man on 31 00:04:02,070 --> 00:04:00,080 the moon 32 00:04:04,550 --> 00:04:02,080 i'd like to just let 33 00:04:05,509 --> 00:04:04,560 what i believe history will record 34 00:04:08,630 --> 00:04:05,519 that 35 00:04:11,190 --> 00:04:08,640 america's challenge of today 36 00:05:16,550 --> 00:04:11,200 has forged man's destiny 37 00:05:20,790 --> 00:05:19,110 when i opened the hatch 38 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:20,800 i mean i had the whole universe in front 39 00:05:25,430 --> 00:05:23,199 of me it was it was spectacular i opened 40 00:05:27,270 --> 00:05:25,440 a hatch at nighttime 41 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:27,280 somewhere over hawaii 42 00:05:30,390 --> 00:05:29,440 and i watched the sun come up we're 43 00:05:33,029 --> 00:05:30,400 about 44 00:05:35,670 --> 00:05:33,039 i don't know 150 miles 45 00:05:37,990 --> 00:05:35,680 above the surface 46 00:05:41,270 --> 00:05:38,000 and i'd watch the sun come up over the 47 00:05:42,310 --> 00:05:41,280 southwestern part of the united states 48 00:05:53,270 --> 00:05:42,320 and 49 00:05:54,629 --> 00:05:53,280 in that very early phase was 50 00:05:56,870 --> 00:05:54,639 was 51 00:05:58,950 --> 00:05:56,880 deploy the flag 52 00:06:00,710 --> 00:05:58,960 put the american flag 53 00:06:01,990 --> 00:06:00,720 in a surface i've always said we didn't 54 00:06:06,390 --> 00:06:02,000 do it 55 00:06:08,550 --> 00:06:06,400 to to say this piece of moon belongs 56 00:06:11,029 --> 00:06:08,560 to united states what we did it is to 57 00:06:13,350 --> 00:06:11,039 say thank you to all those people 58 00:06:14,390 --> 00:06:13,360 out there who made it possible for us to 59 00:06:16,070 --> 00:06:14,400 be there 60 00:06:17,990 --> 00:06:16,080 that was our way of saying thank you 61 00:06:20,790 --> 00:06:18,000 because they're the ones who deserve 62 00:06:25,990 --> 00:06:20,800 to see that flag and that flag is still 63 00:06:29,749 --> 00:06:27,749 the flag will be there 64 00:06:32,070 --> 00:06:29,759 i put my daughter's initials in the 65 00:06:33,590 --> 00:06:32,080 surface just before we left 66 00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:33,600 and