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>> WE ARE GO FOR A MISSION

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TO THE MOON AT THIS TIME.

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>> ENGINES ON.

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FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO--

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ALL ENGINES RUNNING.

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LAUNCH COMMENCE.

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LIFT-OFF, WE HAVE LIFT-OFF.

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>> SIMPLY STATED, THE PURPOSE

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OF THE APOLLO 10 FLIGHT

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IS THE FINAL TEST OF THE MEN

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AND MACHINES REQUIRED

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TO DO THE LUNAR LANDING MISSION.

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>> IT'S SO HARD TO DESCRIBE.

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AND THE BLACKEST BLACK

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THAT YOU EVER COULD CONCEIVE

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IS THE SETTING FOR ALL THIS.

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IT-IT'S INCREDIBLE.

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>> WELL, WE SEE IT ALL

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HERE, GENE.

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ITS, UH, COLORS ARE

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REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

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>> UH, ROGER, HOUSTON.

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APOLLO 10.

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YOU CAN TELL THE WORLD THAT

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WE HAVE ARRIVED.

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>> UH, THEY GIVE A SILVER SNOOPY

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FOR EXCELLENCE AWARD.

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I WANTED TO HONOR THE PEOPLE

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THAT HAD JUST WORKED SO HARD.

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SO WE CALLED IT SNOOPY.

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WELL, YOU NEEDED TWO NAMES,

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SO NATURALLY, THE OTHER ONE

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WAS CHARLIE BROWN.

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YOU'RE AMAZED AT WHAT YOU SEE.

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THE ONE THING THAT ALWAYS

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AMAZED ME WERE THE SIZE

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OF THE BOULDERS.

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THERE WERE THESE GIGANTIC

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CRATERS, AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM

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WOULD BE BOULDERS, AND

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UP ON THE RIM WOULD BE BOULDERS.

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SO USING THE HASSELBLAD CAMERAS,

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YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION

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AVAILABLE THEN.

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AND THE RADAR WAS GOING.

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SO RADAR MAPPED, PHOTO MAPPED

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AND VISION MAPPED.

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WE'RE COMING DOWN GOING

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UPSIDE DOWN AND BACKWARDS

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TO RETROGRADE.

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I HEARD THE THRUSTERS

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START TO FIRE-- HEARD THIS

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BA-BANG, BANG, BANG.

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SO WHAT I DID--

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THE STAGING SWITCH WAS HERE--

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RAISED THE THING, BOOM,

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STAGED IT.

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THEN MEANWHILE, I WENT TO

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HARD STOPS.

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BUT I GOT HER BACK

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UNDER CONTROL AND WE MADE

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THE MANEUVER, CAME BACK

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AND DID A PERFECT RENDEZVOUS.

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ONE THING PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK:

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"WERE YOU FRIGHTENED?

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"WERE YOU SCARED?"

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THE ANSWER IS NO.

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WE WERE FIGHTER PILOTS,

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TEST PILOTS, SO WE KNEW

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WHAT THE RISKS WERE,

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YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD

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TO MITIGATE THE RISK,

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BUT THERE WAS A RISK.

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SO WE UNDERSTOOD THAT.

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WELL, WE HAD A SERIES OF

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DEBRIEFINGS WITH THEM ABOUT--

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'CAUSE WE HAD ALL THE PROCEDURES

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WORKED OUT.

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IN FACT, I REMEMBER

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I WENT TO NEIL, I SAYS,

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"BUDDY, HERE YOU ARE.

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"HERE'S ALL THE TECHNIQUES,

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"ALL THE PROCEDURES

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"DOWN TO THE LAST 50,000 FEET.

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"AND YOU TAKE IT THERE."

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POWERED DESCENT ON THE SURFACE,

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50,000 FEET UP, IT'S ALL DONE.

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SO HE JUST FOLLOWED

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ALL THE PROCEDURES WE HAD.

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WE MADE IT BACK FROM THE MOON

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TO THE EARTH IN 42 HOURS.

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IT WAS 24,791 MILES AN HOUR,

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OR IN MACH NUMBERS, MACH 36.

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OR IF YOU WANNA BE PRECISE

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SCIENTIFICALLY, IT WAS

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0.0037% OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

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SO WE WERE FLAT MOVING.

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>> CHARLIE, IT MIGHT SOUND