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00:19You
00:19You leave shortly for the moon a journey of two hundred and forty thousand miles now
00:24It's successful. You will be the first man to walk on the surface of another heavenly body
00:29What exactly do you hope to discover?
00:32I think
00:32Even more important than the answers that we'll be able to find will be the fact that we got a
00:37whole bunch of new questions to ask
00:44Neil a Neil Marvin miles Los Angeles Times the descent onto the lunar surface appears to be very challenging
00:51How far will you burn down and how low could you stage an abort if necessary?
00:59We have made some significant improvements in the flight control system in recent months
01:03The power of descent will be handled by the computer to a large degree
01:09Colonel Aldrin, after you land on the moon, what do you anticipate from those first moments?
01:14Any expectations, hopes, anxieties?
01:18Well, uh, immediately upon touchdown, our concern is the integrity of the lunar module
01:24Without that integrity, we cannot safely continue with the lunar surface work
01:29We cannot retract...
01:29Are those the astronauts?
01:31You are humble men and...
01:33Why are they in a box?
01:34So as not to catch any germs
01:35...encapitulate something, uh, deeply human
01:38You're going to sit down or just stand there hovering
01:40And they desire to explore to, uh, push boundaries
01:42Without exploration, without asking questions
01:45Are we not desperate for a sort of, uh, stasis as a species?
01:50The American State Department asked if I wanted to send a message
01:53Not sure...
01:54What kind of message?
01:55For the astronauts to leave on the moon
01:57But I probably...
01:57They approached a handful of individuals from around the globe
02:00A cross-section of human civilization
02:02To provide a message of a shared and common humanity
02:06What did you say?
02:08On behalf of the British people, I salute the skill and courage
02:11That have brought man to the moon
02:13May this endeavor increase the knowledge and well-being of mankind
02:19Well, I feel very best
02:24How will it be, um, communicated?
02:27On a disc, apparently
02:29What kind of disc?
02:30A silicon disc
02:31They sent a picture
02:32A tiny disc
02:33With tiny, microscopic inscriptions in golden lettering
02:37From planet Earth, July 1969
02:40Which they intend to leave in a little white pouch
02:42With an olive branch
02:44An olive branch?
02:45Means for the little green men to wait a bite
02:54I'm going to bed
02:55I've been, uh...
02:57Conducted in any kind of, uh...
02:58Undue haste
02:59Owned church tomorrow is at nine
03:01Not ten
03:02Of course there was a good deal of concern
03:04In our own minds
03:05And many other people in the organization
03:07That all these things
03:08Over the descent
03:09And surface
03:10Would fall into place
03:11In time
03:12At this point in time
03:15Your hide
03:15In the room
03:31Of course there's no way
03:31We've lost
03:32In our own minds
03:32And many others
03:32And many others
03:32As long as we were
03:32We could run
03:32To the outside
03:43In our own minds
04:44Honestly.
04:45Church?
04:46Hmm.
04:47There's a chance to take stock, reflect on the past week, think ahead to the next.
04:52And get a diary for that.
04:54And to think of life's bigger questions.
04:57Except one doesn't.
04:58One mainly thinks about what a lot of dreary nonsense the dean is talking about.
05:02Why doesn't he shut up?
05:03He's been with us for nearly 20 years.
05:05That might make him loyal.
05:06It does not make him interested.
05:08Hello there.
05:09They have mouths, but they speak not.
05:13Eyes have they, but they see not.
05:16They have ears, but they hear not.
05:19Uh, noses have they, but they, uh, uh, um.
05:30See?
05:33It's not a sermon, it's a general anaesthetic.
05:36Ah, but they smell not.
05:39They that make them are alike unto them.
05:42So is everyone that trusteth.
05:44That's it.
05:45That's the last time.
05:46And so the Lord...
05:48Now, on Sunday, while you lot are in here, I'm going to spend this hour doing something useful.
05:53But unto his name give glory, nor to false idols either.
06:06Ah.
06:09Michael?
06:10Mom?
06:11Goodbye.
06:13Goodbye.
06:15Is it possible, do you think, the Dean might have reached...
06:20How can I put this kindly?
06:21The moment of his own obsolescence.
06:24I noticed one or two people struggling to stay awake.
06:26We could discreetly start the search for a replacement.
06:30Could be.
06:31Someone with a bit of...
06:32Oomph.
06:33I think so.
06:34Zest.
06:35That's it.
06:35Pepper.
06:36Yes, thank you.
06:37Vim.
07:17and so here at cape kennedy we are all up to the moon this morning
07:24mighty saturn five the big moon express all ready to leave platform 39 here at cape kennedy
07:30on time in about 30 minutes this enormous event which uniquely unites all the world
07:39because all the world should be interested in this journey and after this journey we on earth can
07:45never be able to do where is she who sir if i say she and we're in buckingham palace who
08:09do you think i mean
08:16there you are i've been looking for you everywhere have you been on the telephone interviewing
08:20candidates to become the new dean anyone good yes i think we found one how old same age as you
08:26i'd
08:26say and a good fit for what for the job i've asked him to do
08:3412 11 10 9 ignition sequence 5 6 5 4 3 2 1
08:47lift off we have a lift off 32 minutes past the hour
08:52lift back on a follow-up
08:56strong what men what courage
08:59tower clear
09:02bill armstrong reporting the rolling picture program which puts a follow-up
09:1311 houston thrushes go all engines you're looking good
09:33and the launch escape tower separation
09:38well this is houston uh slightly less than one minute ignition and everything is cool
09:47so
10:06apollo 11 has now completed its translunar injection bird meaning it is free of earth's orbit and traveling
10:14at the colossal speed of 24 200 miles an hour towards the moon the astronauts have now completed
10:21what they call the transposition docking and extraction maneuver this rather risky procedure
10:27is when the command service module columbia detaches from the rest of the spacecraft drifts forward a
10:32little flips over then reattaches to the lunar module eagle this new assembly then detaches from the final
10:39stage of the saturn rocket as i say a hair raising business but it all seems to have gone off
10:43without
10:43a hitch tuesday next week you will be in cheshire to visit the works of british salt limited on wednesday
10:49it's norfolk to inaugurate a new gas terminal then on friday it's macclesfield for the open day of the machine
10:57tool
10:57industry research association that evening there will be a dinner given by the british concrete
11:03society where you have been asked to present an award may i interrupt your royal highness what the newly
11:13appointed dean of windsor robin woods was wondering if you could spare him a moment he has a request fine
11:18just uh put something in the book another highlight to look forward to along with the award show for the
11:24british concrete society is that a joke afraid not sir well actually he's here now hello
11:38your royal highness how can i help in the process of moving in my wife and i we couldn't help
11:45noticing
11:45that there were a large number of buildings on the estate of windsor that appear to be empty and unused
11:50um specifically the old cannons cloisters one or two of the buildings on denton's commons
11:57all the houses on the north walls the old residences of the minor cannons i realize this is quite
12:04forward of me but i was wondering if i could make a request to use one of them
12:09you don't like the home we've given you no
12:13this wouldn't be as a home
12:15for a long time now i've had a dream an ambition to start an academy or conservatoire
12:23what for personal and spiritual growth
12:28something that has struck me from my own experience but also from observing it in
12:34what in others is that you get to a certain age and you hit a ceiling
12:39a crisis if you will you you'll lose perspective get into a slump it's quite common among businessmen
12:47and executives and it's no different for clergymen we see a particularly high level of dissatisfaction
12:54among mid-career clergymen and i thought one of these buildings in its idyllic setting
12:58would be a great place for priests to come and recharge reflect raise their game
13:08by doing what
13:11talking reading thinking
13:15may i suggest that your concept is flawed you don't raise your game by talking or thinking
13:22you raise your game through action
13:24like this
13:26and this is how you get out of a slump
13:28but if if one of those buildings is free and you want to fill it with
13:31hot air and thought then be my guest
13:35thank you sir
13:46we don't have to wait long now
13:4817 minutes and counting the landing craft has separated from the command module and has begun
13:54its descent to the surface of the moon armstrong and aldrin will now send the lunar module into a sort
13:59of pirouette to allow colin will you read the children yes sir
14:05tell the queen
14:06andrew darling it's time
14:12edward
14:14edward time to wake up
14:20come on dressing down
14:22come on edward hurry up
14:24hold on let's go come on
14:28it's very exciting isn't it certainly is
14:31are you able to join us for a drink at all that would be very nice thank you ma'am
14:34of course at all
14:36michael collins left alone in the orbiter now meaning when it passes behind the moon
14:41he'll be entirely cut off from the rest of humanity the loneliest man in the universe
14:46our prayers
14:47quick quick quick
14:48the whole world
14:48we can't go on
14:49go on
14:50pioneers of the heaven
14:51come on space
14:52come on
14:53come on
14:53come on
14:54come on
14:54come on
14:54come on
14:56come on
14:57come on
15:16come on
15:17come on
15:18you're about to be
15:18don't want to hurry up
15:21we're going to miss it
15:22yes
15:22but what are they saying
15:25he's gone to manual control
15:26something's wrong
15:28doesn't look real
15:29i don't know
15:30which is a silk
15:31one
15:31ten and fifty feet down at four
15:33they can't land
15:38they'll run out of fuel
15:39quiet please
15:41just shh
15:43shh
15:43please
16:08man on the moon
16:10man has landed
16:13on the moon
16:14did you see
16:19uh as we
16:20watch these images tonight
16:22we are united across the world in a
16:26beautiful sense of wonder never before has the entire planet
16:31oh no we are down in my pocket
16:33it's up to the market for the probability
16:35to each of us
16:36meet you all
16:43this is
16:44this is even divine
17:07and the surface of the world in the surface about uh one or two inches
17:11uh although the surface appears to be very very fine grained as you get close to it
17:17it's almost like a powder
17:20it's almost like a powder
17:20it's uh it's very fine
17:24and uh step off the land now
17:40this is a powerful reminder of our capacity for greatness
17:43this is a powerful reminder of our capacity for greatness
17:56this as a species
17:57not simply the engineering triumph represented here today but the triumph of human ambition
18:04the desire to reach quite literally for the stars
18:07and i think this new perspective seeing the earth from space in all our unity and cohesion
18:15is likely to inspire an unprecedented shift in our thinking
18:39the world textiles delegation
18:42mr governor ladies and gentlemen the seemed members of the world textiles delegation
18:51i very much appreciate the honor that you have bestowed on me by your invitation
18:56to the mill of thomas bernley and son of kia in yorkshire
19:09there comes a time a moment in everyone's experience where dentures and other oral prosthetics
19:19become an indispensable fact of life according to last year's adult dental health survey
19:27that is
19:28and
19:29and
19:44no
19:45that's
19:46oh
20:12Nia.
20:16you have control i have control
20:21what are you doing sir
20:25this isn't on the flight charge there's no other traffic
20:36sir
20:41sir the service ceiling for this aircraft is 45 000 feet
20:45you and i both can say to climb away from your land
20:47sir
20:47you
20:54so
20:59so
21:25come on
21:28god isn't it beautiful
21:31i'm sure but we're currently at the very limit of what this aircraft can do
21:35perhaps but look
21:37we've also lived
21:40just for a minute
22:03the first men on the moon lifted off on the first stage of their journey home an hour
22:07and six minutes ago
22:08a new chapter in human history has opened
22:11the race for the moon is over for the people of this planet
22:14what is the meaning of this stupendous venture
22:45we shall not cease from exploring
22:49and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive
22:54where we started and know the place for the first time
22:58those words by t.s. elliot have never run more true
23:03we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:07the promise of space has never felt
23:24we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:25we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:25we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:26we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:26we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:27we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:29we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:29we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:30we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration
23:44Good morning, sir.
23:45Morning, sir.
23:56Your Royal Highness.
23:57Oh, Christ.
24:04Morning.
24:04I wonder whether you might have a moment, sir,
24:06to meet the new arrivals.
24:08Ah, your concentration camp for spiritual defectives.
24:12I prefer center of recovery and renewal.
24:14I'm sure you do.
24:16We have an interesting group of all ages
24:18from around the United Kingdom.
24:20Will you join?
24:20Join what?
24:22It's an academy for blocked, mid-level priests.
24:25Correct.
24:26Well, in case you hadn't noticed, I'm not a priest.
24:28Just to say hello.
24:30What, now?
24:31Why not?
24:34Fine, get in.
24:35Hmm.
24:36Do I need to show symptoms of despair?
24:39Should I sigh and moan dramatically?
24:42No one does like to fit in.
24:44Hmm.
24:46Hmm.
25:05I've brought our landlord, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, to say hello.
25:11How do you do, Your Royal Highness?
25:13Good morning.
25:14Your Royal Highness.
25:15Good morning.
25:15Good morning.
25:16Good morning.
25:18Good morning.
25:18Your Royal Highness.
25:21So, what have you all been up to, apart from making quite a mess of our house, I see?
25:26We started by, um, identifying why each of us had chosen to come here and stating what we were hoping
25:32to achieve.
25:33Uh, perhaps we should, uh, recap for His Royal Highness, um, yeah?
25:39Yeah?
25:40Oh.
25:40Um, um, well, I'm, I'm here because, uh, having, uh, recently reached, uh, a particular age.
25:49Uh, I won't ask.
25:51Um, I, I decided to give myself a score, and, uh, I felt I only merited a fail, D-minus.
26:00Oh, dear.
26:01And why was that?
26:03Well, um, when entering the church, um, I allowed myself to dream that advancing age would bring new revelations, uh,
26:14insight, uh, a deepening of my faith, a growing flock.
26:20Uh, but instead, I, I find myself in a small rural parish with a dwindling congregation, uh, lowering attendance, uh,
26:29right.
26:30And this has left you with a sense of disappointment, of underachievement, and directionlessness.
26:37Oh, yes.
26:38That sense of directionlessness and redundancy is, well, it's something that chimed with one or two others here.
26:45Because of how the public has turned away from us, turned away from the church, it's clear we are failing
26:51to connect with people.
26:54More and more people are finding their spiritual needs being met elsewhere.
27:00Where?
27:01Where?
27:01Where?
27:02For example?
27:10The moon.
27:11Uh, I, I...
27:12The moon.
27:13Yes, sir.
27:16Five hundred million people watch the lunar landing.
27:18Yes.
27:19Five hundred million people getting from televisions what they used to get from the church.
27:24A sense of coming together, a sense of community, of awe, of wonder.
27:28Uh, well, that was part of a wider shift, too, we agreed, from religion to science.
27:33The greater the achievements in science, the more mysteries are explained, the more questions
27:38are answered, the less need there is for a god to provide answers.
27:45I'm reminded of Keats.
27:48What is there in thee, moon, that thou shouldst move my heart so potently?
27:56Now we know what the moon is.
27:59Nothing.
28:01Just dust.
28:04Silence.
28:06A monochromatic void.
28:08We see no god behind those rocks and space dust, simply an unknowable vastness.
28:17When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars that thou hast ordained,
28:29what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou visitest him?
28:45Any thoughts, sir?
28:52Me?
29:02I'll tell you what I think.
29:03I've never heard such a load of pretentious, self-piteous nonsense.
29:08And what you lot need to do is to get off your backsides, get out into the world and bloody
29:12world do something.
29:13That is why you're all so lost.
29:19I believe that there is an imperative within man, all men, to make a mark.
29:25Action is what defines us. Action, not suffering.
29:28All this sitting around, thinking and talking.
29:33Let me ask you this.
29:34Do you think those astronauts up there are catatonic like you lot?
29:39Of course not.
29:39They are too busy achieving something spectacular.
29:44And as a result, they are at one with the world.
29:47At one with their god.
29:49And happy.
29:53That's my advice.
29:55Model yourselves on men of action.
29:57Like Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins.
30:00I mean, these men score A triple plus.
30:04They've got the answers.
30:05Not a bunch of navel-gazing underachievers infecting one another with gaseous doom.
30:14If you do opt for action, you can start by cleaning up this bloody floor.
30:27Oh, not again.
30:28Around the same time we were asked by the American State Department.
30:31It's the second time this week.
30:32If we'd send that message to the moon on the silicon disk.
30:34You were also asked another question.
30:36On how many occasions is the British royal family forced to eat venison each year?
30:40No.
30:41Honestly, I think if I eat any more of this stuff, I'm going to start growing antlers.
30:46Are you listening?
30:47Yes.
30:48I'm all ears.
30:49Little brown furry ones.
30:51Well, provided they make it back to Earth in one piece, and if after all their tests they're
30:55still standing, would we like an audience with the astronauts?
31:02What?
31:03Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins?
31:06Here at the palace?
31:07Yes.
31:08They're being sent around the world on a victory tour.
31:11Shall I go back with a yes?
31:14My god.
31:14Um, yes please.
31:18I thought that would cheer you up.
31:20It does.
31:23Do I need cheering up?
31:28A little.
31:35They're scheduled to arrive at Heathrow Airport at 2pm.
31:38From there they will be taken directly to the American Embassy, Grover Square, for a meeting
31:41with the US Ambassador.
31:43From there they will come to Buckingham Palace for an audience with Her Majesty's the Queen,
31:47Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
31:53And what time will that be?
31:54Around four o'clock ma'am.
31:56Will we give them anything? Tea?
31:57Probably not. We thought it good to keep things moving, no sitting down.
32:01I quite agree.
32:02They're more than half an hour from arrival to departure.
32:06Right.
32:11I'd like to make a request.
32:14If I may.
32:15Sir.
32:16Instead of being herded in with everyone else, I was wondering if I might be allowed some time with the
32:21astronauts alone.
32:24In a separate, private meeting.
32:27Airman to airman.
32:29Pilot to pilots.
32:32I'll speak to the Ambassador, but I'm sure it would be possible our end.
32:39Would fifteen minutes be enough?
32:41Fifteen minutes?
32:43They are on a very tight schedule, I believe.
32:46To discuss mankind's greatest achievement.
32:52No.
32:54It's nowhere near enough.
32:59I can see it's all I'm going to get.
33:28This is...
33:30in a hectic 22 and a quarter hour visit that demands the same sort of precision and timing
33:35as their mission in space. The world famous man on the moon team of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin,
33:41and Michael Collins, accompanied by their wives, receive one of their warmest welcomes yet from
33:46the British people. The astronauts admitted that they are starting to feel the strain of the
33:53airman from the planet Earth. My step right along the land. Delive, IP69. And the only thing quite
34:03clearly, the light is, uh, especially, uh, flying backlight into the front of the land.
34:32Is that open? I never complied on you.
34:48The American astronauts are now arriving up in the palace. The world famous team of Neil Armstrong,
34:53Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and the-
35:35Your Majesty, Mr. Neil Armstrong. Hello. Welcome.
35:39Great pleasure to meet you. Mrs. Armstrong. Hello. Colonel Michael Collins. Hello.
35:44First meet you. Great pleasure to meet you.
35:53Sir.
35:53Great pleasure to meet you, young man.
36:04Sir?
36:31Please don't tell me you want to talk about children.
36:53They've been waiting long.
36:55Only a few moments, sir.
37:10Mr. Neil Armstrong, Colonel Michael Collins, and Colonel Edwin Aldrin, you're all honest.
37:13It is a great, sir.
37:15Great honor, gentlemen. Congratulations, one and all.
37:21Please, do, uh, do sit down.
37:31There's no need to sit so closely. There's, uh, as you can see, there's plenty of space.
37:37I notice you instinctively sat in the same positions as the, uh, command module.
37:44Anyway, I don't- I don't know if anyone told you, but, uh, I am, uh, actually a pilot myself.
37:50I was- Are you all right?
37:51Yes, sir. I just had a cold.
37:53Uh, here.
37:56I- It's clean, I promise you.
38:03Well, you've, uh, you've- you've all got colds.
38:07Yes, we do.
38:12Well, here we are.
38:18I just want to say how much I admire what you've done. It's just remarkable.
38:25But also to say how much I identify in some way with- with who you are.
38:30Bless you.
38:31Sorry.
38:33I, um, I wrote down some questions.
38:41See, I initially imagined that I wanted to ask questions of you on a- on a technical level.
38:46You're like, you know, what is the- the physical experience of- of g-forces of- of that
38:52magnitude and so on.
38:56But, uh, you see, I- I realize now that the questions I actually want answering are-
39:11of that.
39:11See, you're all too young to understand, I think, but-
39:17You see, there comes a time in life when one-
39:20first really starts to evaluate what one has accomplished and because of the
39:28position that I've ended up in here who I've become who I'm married to I've
39:42well I've not been able to achieve the things I would have liked to as a man
39:50as an adventurer and watching you three heroes at work
39:59it was like watching a dream which is why I leapt at the chance to meet with you
40:07even if it is just for for 10 minutes that I might ask
40:19what your thoughts were out there
40:31well obviously a sense of relief that we executed the mission successfully of course
40:36and we certainly got some amazing views didn't we yes extraordinary I think I'm not talking so much
40:44about the views in that sense as perspectives observations of of our place
41:01uh to be honest there wasn't much time for that
41:06as a pilot you'll know what they drill into you above all else is protocol and uh procedure
41:13you gotta stick to the rules yes well as an astronaut it's double that
41:18mm-hmm we've pretty much spent our entire time with lists in our hands
41:23ticking things off tick check tick check
41:26Isaac glued to the mission protocol to such a degree you never really get to look outside
41:31that's how busy they keep you
41:32busy tight leash
41:33not to mention most of the time you're so darn tired
41:36no matter how hard you practice you never get used to the sleep
41:40sleep
41:42you know uh me tell his royal highness about what happened after the moonwalk
41:47uh I would love to hear wants to hear it
41:55well after I completed the moonwalk I watched it all every step I got back into the module and
42:03knew we only had a few hours to get some rest before we took off again so I I got
42:10my
42:10head down I closed my eyes wait for it but all I could hear was this noise bang bang bang
42:17bang bang bang bang from outside the module I know you know what it was what the water cooler
42:28it was making this noise bang bang bang the greatest engineers in the world is on a rocket that takes
42:38us
42:38to the moon but they can't even get us a decent water cooler
42:42so you're right it was full of surprises
42:47I see
42:54were there any other questions you had for us
43:07no
43:10well in that case would you mind if we asked you a few questions
43:14no of course
43:17what is it like
43:19what is what like
43:21living in a in a place like this because we heard you had a thousand rooms and that if you
43:26had the lengths of all the
43:27corridors together it comes to
43:29four miles
43:30uh well
43:31oh is it true you have a bagpiper for an alarm clock and how many staff do you have here
43:35anyway and how many palaces we heard
43:3812 12 and you know what all these people in the pictures are related to those
43:43oh to the dots
43:52that's mine
43:53thank you
44:11I don't know what I was thinking
44:17I expected them to be giants gods
44:22in reality they were just three little men
44:25pale faced with colds
44:28I have some sympathy
44:30the very qualities that made them perfect for the job
44:33but their lack of flair or imagination
44:36their sense of duty and modesty and reliability
44:39total absence of originality or spontaneity
44:43but that's what makes them perfect in a crisis
44:45and entirely anticlimactic when you meet them in person
44:51can you imagine
44:53if they go all that way to the moon
44:55and stay healthy
44:56but one trip to london
44:57then he kills them
45:01it's not their fault
45:03they never wanted to be public figures
45:05and now because of one event
45:07they will be forever
45:09hmm
45:09they delivered as astronauts
45:11but
45:13they disappointed as human beings
45:18they'll spend the rest of their lives in goldfish bowls
45:22scared to open their mouths
45:24knowing it could reveal who they actually are
45:27and that they will inevitably disappoint
45:30and for that
45:31they deserve our pity
45:34good job there were no little green men
45:38they could be forgiven for thinking
45:40if that's all planet earth has got to offer
45:42let's give the place a miss
45:46mmh
45:54mmh
45:55mmh
45:56mmh
46:01mmh
46:02mmh
46:09mmh
46:57There wasn't a specific moment when it started.
47:01It's been more of a gradual thing.
47:05A drip, drip, drip of...
47:07Of doubt.
47:12Disaffection, disease, discomfort.
47:17People around me have noticed my general irritability.
47:25Now, of course, that's nothing new.
47:28I'm generally a cantankerous sort.
47:31But even I would have to admit that there has been more of it lately.
47:36Not to mention an almost jealous fascination with the achievements of these young astronauts.
47:46Compulsive over-exercising.
47:48An inability to find calm or satisfaction or fulfilment.
48:00And when you look at all these symptoms, of course, it doesn't take a genius to tell you that they
48:07all suggest I'm slap-bang in the middle of a...
48:19I can't even say what kind of crisis.
48:25That's... that... crisis.
48:28And, of course, one's read or heard about other people hitting that crisis.
48:33And, you know, just like them, you look in all the usual places, resort to all the usual things to
48:38try and make yourself feel better.
48:44Some of which I can admit to in this room, and some of which I probably shouldn't.
48:56My mother died recently.
49:11She... she saw that something was amiss.
49:17It's a good word there.
49:20A-amiss.
49:22She saw that something was missing in her youngest child, her only son.
49:32Faith.
49:37How's your faith, she asked me.
49:46I'm here to admit to you that...
49:50I've lost it.
49:55I've lost it.
49:56And...
49:57Without it, what is there?
50:03The...
50:06The loneliness...
50:08And emptiness...
50:10And anticlimax...
50:12Of going all that way to the moon...
50:15To find nothing but haunting desolation.
50:19Ghostly silence...
50:22Ghostly silence...
50:24Gloom.
50:26That is what faithlessness is.
50:31You know, as opposed to finding wonder, ecstasy, the miracle of divine creation, God's design and purpose.
50:45What am I trying to say?
50:48I'm trying to say that the solution to our problems, I think, is not in the ingenuity of the rocket,
51:01or the science, or the technology, or even the bravery.
51:09No, the answer is in here.
51:11No, the answer is in here.
51:15Or here, or wherever it is that faith resides.
51:23And so, Dean Woods, having ridiculed you for what you and these poor, blocked, lost souls...
51:39We're trying to achieve here in St. George's house, I now find myself full of respect, and admiration, and not
51:54a small part of desperation.
51:59As I come to say...
52:02As I come to say...
52:02As I come to say...
52:05Help.
52:11Help.
52:13Help me.
52:14Help me.
52:22And to admit...
52:26While those three astronauts deserve all our praise and respect for their undoubted heroism, I was more scared coming here
52:33to see you today than I would have been going up in any bloody rocket.
53:06Even procrastinate.
53:07I'm not in pain.
53:08I havrexed, nothing we need.
53:10My mana was esta destroying is my life.
53:15There's always too.
53:16To evenennen as with people, we can't recover my energy on a good blessing.
53:17It's October I UWĂs.
53:17I won't be.
53:18God bless you in France.
53:21God bless you in London.
53:23May your mate?
53:24And so the fate of you?
53:24To get the ones kindness.
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