Theres a thing about being alone and theres a thing about being lonely, and theyre two different things. I was alone, but I was not lonely. My background was as a fighter pilot in the Air Force, then as a test pilot --and that was mostly in fighter airplanes-- so I was very used to being by myself. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I didnt have to talk to Dave and Jim any more... On the backside of the Moon, I didnt even have to talk to Houston and that was the best part of the flight. --Al Worden, Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot on being 3,585 km, or the longest likely distance, ever, from any other human (the two astronauts on the Earths Moon).
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 03:43:57 +0000
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