Roger, we copy. It was beautiful from here, Tranquility. Over.

Roger, we copy. It was beautiful from here, Tranquility. Over.

I think a Moon base is not necessary to get to Mars, but I think it will be helpful. It would give you a chance to develop and mature some systems; long duration, deep space stuff; and you're close enough to get some help, via radio from Earth.

Roger. We've got you, we're go on that alarm.

We've been to the Moon nine times. Why would we fake it nine times, if we faked it?

It was a texture. The blackness was so intense.

The only time I had what you would call life-threatening fear was when I was on the Moon. Towards the end of our stay, we got excited and we were going to do the high jump, and I jumped and fell over backwards. That was a scary time, because if the backpack got broken, I would have had it. But everything held together.