Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.
I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all.
We need a continuing presence in space.
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.
Al is on the surface. And it's been a long way, but we're here.
On the periscope . . . . What a beautiful view. Cloud cover over Florida - three to four tenths near the eastern coast. Obscured up to Hatteras . . . I can see [lake] Okeechobee. Identify Andros Island. Identify the reefs.