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At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create t | dG1fbjdtYVFfLWs2REk
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00:00I used to sit outside at night and I'd gaze at the moon.
00:08It never occurred to me that we would land people there.
00:13I had the feeling of what it meant.
00:16You know, we're making history.
00:18Three, two, one, fire.
00:22We were born for this day. We were meant to be here.
00:32This is no situation. This is for real.
00:37That view is tremendous.
00:39I can remember that as if it was a second ago.
00:42I cannot think of any place I'd rather be than to be here in Mission Control.
00:47It had finally done us. We just landed on the moon.
00:52Uh, Houston. We've had a problem.
00:55Okay. Stand by. They've got a problem.
00:58Everybody keep cool. Let's solve the problem, but let's not make it any worse by guessing.
01:03I mean, I couldn't have been more wrong.
01:07It was chaos.
01:08You're not gonna fix this one.
01:11We were in serious, serious trouble.
01:15There was only one thing for 48 hours to get those guys home.
01:22I'm not gonna shame to admit I was crying.
01:25Even more than our country boy would ever see.
01:29We came into this room as a team, and we will leave as a team.
01:35I think it's amazing that, out of nothing, they built this great institution.
01:41We wouldn't be here today without the achievements that those folks made and the strides that they took.
01:47We don't get the here, don't go away and help us.
01:51Somehow or other, when we came together, we became capable of doing them possible.
01:59I'm just proud of the people.
02:01If you're looking for patriots, they are they.
02:04Every one of them.
02:06In this room.
02:07Here, man, from the planet Earth.
02:11First set foot upon the moon.
02:13for it upon the moon.
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