Damn I Really Did It. I Blew

I Have Been In Relatively High-risk Businesses All Of My Adult Life. Few Of The Others, However, Had The Possibility Of Direct Gains In Knowledge Which This One Had. I Have Confidence In The Equipment, The Planning, The Training. I Suspect That On A Risk-gain Ratio, This Project Would Compare Very, Very Favorably With Those To Which I've Been Accustomed On The Past 20 Years.

Perhaps It Won't Matter, In The End, Which Country Is The Sower Of The Seed Of Exploration. The Importance Will Be In The Growth Of The New Plant Of Progress And In The Fruits It Will Bear. These Fruits Will Be A New Breed Of The Human Species, A Human With New Views, New Vigor, New Resiliency, And A New View Of The Human Purpose. The Plant: The Tree Of Human Destiny.

People Love Conspiracy Theories.

Well, I Think We Tried Very Hard Not To Be Overconfident, Because When You Get Overconfident, That's When Something Snaps Up And Bites You.

Mystery Creates Wonder And Wonder Is The Basis Of Man's Desire To Understand.