There he is! Oh my goodness,
I get to meet George! Wow you look good. I haven’t seen that one
for a while. You must get sick
of seeing that picture. Where are you in this? Well, I hope we’re up there? - You’re right there?
- Yeah. What you guys were able to accomplish. I mean twelve men have stepped
on the moon, something like that,
ever in the whole history of time? 24 went there
and half of us got a chance to walk on the moon. You can’t find anything else
in that category. What were you doing
when we first landed? I was at home
watching television with my mother
and father and my sister. And we had this rinky-dink telescope
that we bought. I was eight years old
and we looked through the telescope and I explained to my parents
that I could see you guys walking on the moon at that point -
which of course was impossible. - That’d be a pretty good telescope.
- Yeah, a very good telescope. I’m pretty sure
I convinced them. Everything was about the space programme. We ate space food sticks
and we drank Tang. Everything was about
the possibility of the imagination. Anything was possible. It brought the world together. I heard some funny stories. I heard you were the first person
to urinate in space. Ah… yeah. Someone always has to test something
ahead of time. I just noticed
you have a metal bow tie. You out-bow-tied us all. Unobtanium. - Unobtanium.
- Unobtanium. Very rare. Very hard to get.
And what is this medal? That’s the Presidential Medal
of Freedom. I’ve seen it.
I think I saw it put on you. It’s a good looking one. So this is the first one that
you guys were just wearing on your own before NASA decided that
they wanted to develop it. And then these are the two
that actually went up into space. My father, my uncle,
everybody had OMEGAs because of the space programme. It was a big part of it. Come on Buzz,
let’s go in. So, apparently, we’re going to watch
a little film here. I think it’s going to have a lot to do
with landing on the moon. - I think I’ve seen this before.
- Yeah, I bet you have. Do you often wear a tux
when you watch movies? - A tuxedo?
- Yeah I usually go formal
whenever I go to watch a movie. - There you are.
- I hadn’t learned how to swim yet. This is… “We do these things
not because they’re easy, but because they’re hard.” He was the first man
in orbit right? In orbit yes. But I met him in Korea. He was the captain
and I was the second lieutenant. Occasionally,
we were a little sceptical. Yeah,
you look a little sceptical there. You look like you’ve said, “We get in that?
And fly that to the moon?” This is an unusual experience. - This would be fun
- It’s underwater I would like the underwater. But getting in a rocket
and going up into space that’s a whole other thing.
That’s a great shot. That’s what we all felt like. Now, I was installing this bar, to go there so that
I could use it to go up front. That must have been something
when you opened that hatch. There’s your first selfie! That’s fantastic. Boy, that view must have been something. - There’s the watch.
- This is the watch that went. When you’re on the moon,
it’s always good to know what time it is in Houston, Texas. Do you see the way
the cameras are attached on the front? Neil had the camera most of the time
so he could use his hands. Maybe you need a drink
at that point. Yeah, having a couple of drinks. We had liquid-cooled underwear. - Yeah? You did?
- Yeah. I could use some of that. Look at this,
this is an amazing shot. It’s going to get loud. This is unbelievable. You see it
going by the tower. That’s the dangerous part.
Because if that rocket flips… Look at that. Winding his camera. Yeah, that shows you the age. I’m telling you,
when you look at that, you can’t imagine
that went there and came back. It’s just amazing. You see my hands saluting.
That’s a good looking flag right? - It’s a good looking flag.
- A real proud moment. This is what I remember as a kid. This is what we saw at home on our black and white Zenith TV. Just little black and white images. There’s the rover,
we all wanted one of those. You know, we all thought we’d be
going to the moon within 10 years. We all thought we’d be travelling
around the moon at that time. How about that.
A pretty amazing accomplishment, if you think of where
we were that century. Where we started with horse
and carriage and, literally by 70 years in,
we had a man on the moon. My mother was born the year
that the Wright brothers first flew. Marion Moon was her name. Really? What will you say to people
when they say, “Why go to Mars?” - Because it’s there.
- Yeah. When do you retire? We’re going to retire to the bar.
You and me. Come on I’ll buy you a drink.
