Al Is On The Surface. And It's

I Think All Of Us Certainly Believed The Statistics Which Said That Probably 88% Chance Of Mission Success And Maybe 96% Chance Of Survival. And We Were Willing To Take Those Odds.

We Also Knew It Would Be Difficult, Because Of The Financial Condition Of The Family, For Me To Go To College.

Al Is On The Surface. And It's Been A Long Way, But We're Here.

Whether You Are An Astronomer Or A Life Scientist, Geophysicist, Or A Pilot, You've Got To Be There Because You Believe You Are Good In Your Field, And You Can Contribute, Not Because You Are Going To Get A Lot Of Fame Or Whatever When You Get Back.

I Woke Up An Hour Before I Was Supposed To, And Started Going Over The Mental Checklist: Where Do I Go From Here, What Do I Do? I Don't Remember Eating Anything At All, Just Going Through The Physical, Getting Into The Suit. We Practiced That So Much, It Was All Rote.