00:00The thing that might be hardest to convey, no matter what the platform, would be how much it meant to
00:07us to bring everyone along with us and how much it meant to us to hear that the mission had
00:15an impact.
00:15I cannot overstate how important that was to us. It was every bit as important as accomplishing the technical goals
00:25and being there for our NASA teammates was to make this the world's mission.
00:29We're all kind of struck by these things that make us feel small and that the sense I had was
00:34the sense of fragility and feeling small, infinitesimally small, but yet this very powerful feeling as a human being, like
00:45as a group, small and powerless, but yet powerful together.
00:48When we were getting really close to the moon, talking about looking at you and how beautiful Earth is, that
00:55represents how far we were, but it shows you. I cannot overstress that. We did this together.
01:03When we came home, we were shocked at the global outpouring of support, of pride, of ownership of this mission.
01:10And really, I think at the beginning, that's what the four of us wanted. We wanted to go out and
01:13try to do something that would bring the world together, to unite the world.
01:16And I can tell you that the difference now, is when we come before you now, we've done this together.
01:23We took your hearts with us, and your hearts lifted our hearts.
01:28And what I've seen has brought me more joy, but more hope for our future. And I just can't wait
01:36to see what we do with it next.
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