Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family.
Gene CernanIf the guidance failed or started to stray or went somewhere we didn't like or the ground didn't like, I could flip a switch, and I could control seven, over seven and a half million pounds of thrust with this handle and fly the thing to the Moon myself.
Gene CernanYes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor. It's been far too long.
Gene Cernan