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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
03:13In time
03:15The last thing
03:15In terms
03:29Of the archives
03:30In terms
03:30Which is the most interesting
03:32In terms
03:33Of the sense
03:34Or we're able to get
03:36To get rid of them
03:36And after all the injuries
03:37In the sense
03:38Of the house
03:40In the sense
03:43Of the amount
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.
05:08Good morning, Mr.
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?
05:31Sure.
05:33It's not a sermon.
05:34It'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 teaches.
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?
06:10Ma'am?
06:11Goodbye.
06:15Is it possible, do you think, the Dean might have reached, how can I put this kindly, the moment of
06:22his 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 oomph.
06:33I think so.
06:34Zest.
06:35That's it.
06:35Peck.
06:36Yes, thank you.
06:37Vim.
07:17And so, here at Cape Kennedy, we are all up to the moon this morning.
07:50Are you watching?
08:04Where is she?
08:06Who, sir?
08:06If I say she and we're in Buckingham Palace, who do you think I mean?
08:16There you are.
08:17I've been looking for you everywhere.
08:18Where have you been?
08:19On the telephone, interviewing candidates to become the new dean.
08:22Anyone good?
08:23Yes, I think we found one.
08:24How old?
08:25Same age as you, I'd say.
08:26Really?
08:26And a good fit.
08:28For what?
08:29For the job I've asked him to do.
08:3512, 11, 10, 9, ignition sequence start, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
08:48Lift off.
08:48We have a lift off.
08:5032 minutes past the hour.
08:52Lift off on Apollo 11.
08:57What man, what coach?
08:59Tower is clear.
09:00We've got a roll program.
09:03Neil Armstrong reporting.
09:04We've got a roll and pitch a program.
09:05We've got a roll program.
09:1311 Houston thrushes go.
09:15All engines, you're looking good.
09:17Roger, you're loud and clear, Houston.
09:23We've got skirt sim.
09:26Roger, we confirm skirt sim.
09:29Tower's going.
09:30Roger, tower.
09:32Neil Armstrong confirming both the engine skirt separation and the launch escape tower separation.
09:39Hello, this is Houston.
09:41Slightly less than one minute to ignition and everything is cool.
09:45Roger, we've got a roll.
09:51Roger, we've got a roll.
09:57Roger, we've got a roll.
09:59Roger, we've got a roll.
10:00Roger, we've got a roll.
10:02We've got a roll.
10:03We've got a roll.
10:04We've got a roll.
10:05We've got a roll.
10:06Apollo 11 has now completed its translunar injection bird, meaning it is free of Earth's orbit and traveling at the
10:14colossal speed of 20 degrees.
10:1624,200 miles an hour towards the moon.
10:20The astronauts have now completed what they call the transposition, docking and extraction maneuver.
10:25This rather risky procedure is when the command service module, Columbia, detaches from the rest of the spacecraft,
10:32drifts forward a little, flips over, then reattaches to the lunar module, Eagle.
10:36This new assembly then detaches from the final stage of the Saturn rocket.
10:40As I say, a hair-raising business, but it all seems to have gone off without a hitch.
10:44Tuesday next week you will be in Cheshire to visit the works of British Salt Limited.
10:49On Wednesday it's Norfolk to inaugurate a new gas terminal.
10:52Then on Friday it's Macclesfield for the open day of the Machine Tool Industry Research Association.
10:59That evening there will be a dinner given by the British Concrete Society, where you have been asked to present
11:05an award.
11:09May I interrupt, Your Royal Highness?
11:12What?
11:12The newly appointed Dean of Windsor, Robin Woods, was wondering if you could spare him a moment.
11:17He has a request.
11:18Fine, just put something in the book.
11:21Another highlight to look forward to, along with the award show for the British Concrete Society.
11:26Is that a joke?
11:27Afraid not, sir.
11:28Actually, he's here now.
11:31Hello?
11:38Your Royal Highness.
11:40How can I help?
11:41In the process of moving in, my wife and I, we couldn't help noticing that there were a large number
11:46of buildings on the estate of Windsor that appear to be empty and unused.
11:50I mean, specifically, the old Cannons Cloisters, one or two of the buildings on Denton's Commons, all the houses on
11:58the north walls, the old residences of the minor Cannons.
12:01I realize this is quite forward of me, but I was wondering if I could make a request to use
12:07one of them.
12:08Well, you don't like the home we've given you?
12:11No.
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?
12:24Personal and spiritual growth.
12:28Something that has struck me from my own experience, but also from observing it in, well, in others, is that
12:36you get to a certain age and you hit a ceiling.
12:39A crisis, if you will.
12:41You lose perspective, get into a slump.
12:45It's quite common among businessmen and executives, and it's no different for clergymen.
12:50We see a particularly high level of dissatisfaction among mid-career clergymen, and I thought one of these buildings in
12:57its idyllic setting would 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?
13:18You 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 one of those buildings is free and you want to fill it with hot air and thought, then
13:33be my guest.
13:35Thank you, sir.
13:46We don't have to wait long now.
13:48Seventeen minutes and counting.
13:51The landing craft has separated from the command module and has begun its descent to the surface of the moon.
13:56Armstrong and Aldrin will now send the lunar module into a sort of pirouette.
14:00To allow Colin to...
14:01Major, will you read the children?
14:03Yes, sir.
14:03He will confirm, we hope...
14:05And tell the Queen.
14:06Yes, thank you.
14:10Andrew, darling, it's time.
14:12Edward.
14:15Edward.
14:16Time to wake up.
14:19Come on, dressing gown.
14:22Come on, Edward.
14:23Hurry up.
14:25Hold on.
14:25Let's go.
14:26Come on.
14:28It's a very exciting evening, isn't it?
14:30It certainly is.
14:31Are you able to join us for a drink, Andrew?
14:33That would be very nice. Thank you, ma'am.
14:35Of course it's all.
14:36Michael Collins left alone in the orbiter now.
14:39Meaning, when it passes behind the moon, he'll be entirely cut off from the rest of humanity.
14:43The loneliest man in the universe.
14:47Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.
14:48The whole world are pioneers of the habit.
14:51Come on, space, I've got it.
14:53Come on.
14:53Come on.
14:54Hurry up.
14:55The moon is above the surface of the moon now.
14:59They're land in sight.
15:00Chosen for its smoothness, but not entirely.
15:02Dude, take her in, right now.
15:04The slightest impacted rock or crater could disable the lunar module, leaving them stranded from the moon.
15:11Robert's back.
15:12I was usual.
15:12All right.
15:14Houston, I'm getting a little fluctuation in the AV boulders now.
15:19Roger.
15:20John, hurry up.
15:21We're going to miss it.
15:22Yes.
15:25He's gone to manual control.
15:27Something's wrong.
15:28Doesn't look real, I know.
15:30Which is a super...
15:34What'll he believe they can't land?
15:36What are you saying?
15:38They'll run out of fuel.
15:40Quiet, please.
15:41Just shh.
15:42Shhh.
15:43Please.
15:44We're picking up some dust.
15:45Hey?
15:49That's all right.
16:06Listen, tranquility base here.
16:08The eagle has landed.
16:09Man on the moon.
16:11Man has landed on the moon.
16:16Did you see?
16:19As we watch these images tonight,
16:22we are united across the world in a uniformed space of wonder.
16:28Never before has the entire planet...
16:31No, I don't know.
16:33It's actually a remarkable probability.
16:36To each of us...
16:36Meteor!
16:38To each of us, this is historic.
16:41The evil has learned it.
16:43This is even divine.
16:45Can you believe they're on the moon?
16:46And yet, all of us, regardless of race, sex, or religious belief,
16:52we are united right now in this singular human achievement.
16:58Okay, Neil, we can see you coming down the ladder now.
17:01I'm at the foot of the ladder.
17:04The lamb footbeds are only depressed in the surface about one or two inches,
17:11although the surface appears to be very, very fine-grained as you get close to it.
17:17It's almost like a powder.
17:20Ground man is very fine.
17:24And I'll step off the lamb now.
17:29That's one small step for man.
17:34One giant leap for mankind.
17:40It has a stark beauty all its own.
17:43It's like much of the high desert of the United States.
17:47It's different, but it's very pretty under.
17:50This is a powerful reminder of our capacity for greatness as a species.
17:57Not simply the engineering triumph represented here today,
18:01but the triumph of human ambition,
18:04the desire to reach quite literally for the stars.
18:08And I think this new perspective,
18:11seeing the Earth from space in all our unity and cohesion,
18:15is likely to inspire an unprecedented shift in our thinking.
18:20Beautiful view.
18:21Is that something?
18:23Magnificent sight out here.
18:26Magnificent desolation.
18:43Mr. Governor, ladies and gentlemen,
18:45the seemed members of the World Textiles delegation,
18:51I very much appreciate the honour that you have bestowed on me
18:55by your invitation to the mill of Thomas Burnley and the son of Kier in Yorkshire.
19:02The groundbreaking work you are doing here by the burning fast.
19:10There comes a time,
19:13a moment in everyone's experience,
19:16where dentures and other oral prosthetics
19:19become an indispensable fact of life.
19:23According to last year's Adult Dental Health Survey,
19:2737%...
19:34...
19:35...
19:42...
20:12me I
20:16you have control
20:17I have control
20:21what are you doing sir
20:25this isn't on the flight charge
20:27there's no other traffic
20:37sir
20:41sir the service ceiling for this aircraft is 45,000 feet
20:45you and I both know
20:46you can't live your land
20:47sir
20:48I
20:48I
20:48I
20:48I
20:48I
20:48I
20:48I
20:48I
20:48I
20:49I
20:49I
20:52I
21:17I
21:18I
21:28I
21:29I
21:29God isn't it
21:29beautiful
21:31I'm sure
21:32but we're currently at the very limit of what this aircraft can do
21:35perhaps
21:35but 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 and six
22:07minutes
22:08ago a new chapter in human history has opened the race for the moon is over for the people of
22:14this
22:14planet what is the meaning of this stupendous venture
22:45we shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive
22:53where we started and know the place for the first time those words by t.s elliot have never run
23:02more
23:02true we stand at the dawn of a new age of space exploration the promise of space has never
23:09found the real ones
23:15so
23:45good morning sir
23:56your royal highness
23:57oh christ
24:03morning
24:04i wonder whether you might have a moment sir to meet the new arrivals
24:08ah your concentration camp for spiritual defectives
24:11i prefer center of recovery and renewal i'm sure you do we have an interesting group of all ages from
24:18around the united kingdom will you join join what it's an academy for blocked mid-level priests
24:25that's correct well in case you hadn't noticed i'm not a priest just to say hello
24:30what now why not
24:34fine get in
24:35hmm do i need
24:37i want to show symptoms of despair should i sigh and moan dramatically one does like to fit in
25:05i've brought our landlord his royal highness the duke of edinburgh to say hello
25:11how do you do
25:12how do you do your royal highness
25:13good morning
25:13your royal highness
25:14good morning
25:16good morning sir
25:16good morning
25:17good morning
25:19so
25:20so
25:21what uh 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
25:31what we were hoping to achieve uh perhaps we should uh recap for his royal highness
25:39michael oh
25:42well i'm i'm here because uh having uh recently reached uh a particular age
25:49i won't ask
25:51i decided to give myself a score
25:54and
25:56i felt i only merited a fail
25:59d minus
25:59oh dear
26:01and why was that
26:02well
26:04when entering the church
26:06i allowed myself to dream that advancing age would bring new revelations
26:13insight
26:14a deepening of my faith
26:17a growing flock
26:20but instead i i find myself in a small rural parish with a dwindling congregation
26:26and lowering attendance
26:28right
26:30and this has left you with a sense of disappointment
26:33of underachievement and directionlessness
26:36well yes
26:38that sense of directionlessness and redundancy is
26:41well it's something that chimed with one or two others here
26:45because of how the public has turned away from us
26:48turned away from the church
26:49it's clear we are failing to connect with people
26:53more and more people are finding their spiritual needs being met
26:57elsewhere
26:59where for example
27:09the moon
27:12the moon
27:12the moon yes sir
27:15five hundred million people watch the lunar landing
27:18is five 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 wonder
27:28well that was part of a wider shift too we agreed from religion to science
27:32the greater the achievements in science
27:35the more mysteries are explained the more questions are answered the less need there is for
27:41a god
27:43a god
27:43to provide answers
27:44i'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
27:58now we know what the moon is
28:00just dust
28:03silence
28:05a monochromatic void
28:08we see no god behind those rocks and space dust
28:13simply
28:14an unknowable vastness
28:18when i consider thy heavens
28:20the work of thy fingers
28:24the moon
28:25and the stars
28:26that thou hast ordained
28:29what is man
28:31that thou art mindful of him
28:33and the son of man
28:35that thou visitest him
28:45any thoughts sir
28:52me
29:01i'll tell you what i think
29:03i've never heard such a load of pretentious self-piteous nonsense
29:08what you lot need to do is to get off your backsides get out into the world and bloody world
29:12do something
29:13that is why you're all so so lost
29:19i believe that there is an imperative within man
29:22all men
29:23all men to make a mark
29:25action is what defines us
29:27action not suffering
29:28all this sitting around thinking and talking
29:31let me ask you this
29:35do you think
29:35do you think those astronauts up there are catatonic like you lot of course not
29:40they are too busy achieving something spectacular
29:44and as a result
29:45they are at one with the world
29:47at one with their god
29:49and happy
29:53that's my advice
29:54model yourselves on men of action
29:57like armstrong
29:58like armstrong
29:59aldrin
29:59collins
30:00i mean these men score a triple plus
30:04they've got 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
30:27oh not again
30:28around the same time we were asked by the american states part
30:31it's the second time this week
30:32if we'd send that message to the moon on the silicon disc
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
30:41i think if i eat any more of this stuff i'm going to start growing antlers
30:46are you listening
30:47yes
30:47i'm all ears
30:49little brown furry ones
30:51well provided they make it back to earth in one piece
30:54and if after all their tests they're still standing
30:57would we like an audience with the astronauts
31:03what armstrong 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
31:15yes please
31:16please
31:18i thought that would cheer you up
31:20it does
31:23do i need cheering up
31:27a little
31:57they're scheduled to arrive
31:59i thought it good to keep things moving no sitting down
32:01i quite agree
32:02more than half an hour from arrival to departure
32:06i'd like
32:11i'd like to make a request
32:39i'd like to make a request
32:43they are
32:44they are on a very tight schedule i believe
32:46to discuss mankind's greatest achievement
32:53no
32:54no
32:55it's nowhere near enough
32:59i can see it's all i'm going to get
33:27i'm going to get a chance
33:28i'm going to get a chance
33:30i'm going to get a chance
33:31in a hectic 22 and a quarter hour visit that demands the same sort of precision and timing
33:35as their mission in space.
33:37The world famous man on the moon team of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins,
33:42accompanied by their wives, receive one of their warmest welcomes yet from the British
33:47people.
33:47The astronauts admitted that they are starting to feel the strain of the 22nd nation world
33:51tour.
33:54Airmen from the planet Earth, my step right along the land.
33:57The light, I've been 69, and it's obviously everything quite clearly.
34:04The light is, uh, especially, uh, flying backlighting into the front of the land.
34:10That's everything that's very clearly.
34:48The American astronauts are now arriving above the palace.
34:51The world famous team of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins in the...
35:09The U.S.
35:35Your Majesty, Mr. Neil Armstrong.
35:38Hello. Welcome.
35:39Pleasure to meet you.
35:40Mrs. Armstrong.
35:42Colonel Michael Collins.
35:45Great pleasure to meet you.
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, great honor, gentlemen.
37:17Congratulations, one and all.
37:20Please, do sit down.
37:31There's no need to sit so closely.
37:33As you can see, there's plenty of space.
37:37I noticed you instinctively sat in the same positions as the command module.
37:44Anyway, I don't know if anyone told you, but I am actually a pilot myself.
37:50Are you all right?
37:51Yes, sir.
37:52I just had a cold.
37:55Here.
37:57It's clean, I promise you.
38:03Why, you've all got colds.
38:07Yes, we do.
38:11Well, here we are.
38:18I just want to say how much I admire what you've done.
38:22It's just remarkable.
38:25But also to say how much I identify in some way with who you are.
38:30Bless you.
38:31Sorry.
38:33I, um, I wrote down some questions.
38:39Thanks.
38:41See, I initially imagined that I wanted to ask questions of you on a technical level.
38:46You know, like, you know, what is the physical experience of G-forces of that magnitude and so on?
38:54But, you know, you see, I realize now that the questions I actually want answering are
39:10You see, you're all too young to understand, I think, but
39:17There comes a time in life when one first really starts to evaluate what one has accomplished.
39:26And because of the position that I've ended up in here,
39:31Who I've become
39:35Who I'm married to
39:40I've
39:42Well, I've not been able to achieve the things I would have liked to
39:47As a man
39:50As an adventurer
39:53And watching you three heroes at work
39:59It was like watching a dream
40:02Which is why I leapt at the chance to meet with you
40:07Even if it is just for ten minutes
40:09That I might ask
40:19What your thoughts were
40:23Out there
40:27Neil?
40:30Well, uh
40:32Obviously, uh
40:33A sense of relief that we executed the mission successfully
40:36Of course
40:36And we certainly got some amazing views, didn't we?
40:41Yes, we did
40:41Extraordinary
40:42I think I'm not talking so much about
40:45The views in that sense
40:47As
40:50Perspectives
40:52Observations of
40:54Of our
40:56Place
40:59Uh
41:01To be honest, there wasn't much time for that
41:06As a pilot
41:07You'll know what they
41:08Drill into you
41:09Above all else
41:10Is protocol
41:11And
41:12Uh
41:12Procedure
41:13You gotta stick to the rules
41:15Yes
41:16Well, as an astronaut
41:17It's double that
41:18Mm-hmm
41:19We've pretty much spent
41:21Our entire time
41:22With lists in our hands
41:23Ticking things off
41:24Tick, check
41:25Tick, check
41:26Isaac glued to the mission protocol
41:28To such a degree
41:29You never really get to look outside
41:30That's how busy they keep you
41:32Busy
41:32Tight leash
41:33Not to mention
41:34Most of the time
41:35You're so darn tired
41:36No matter how hard you practice
41:37You never get used to the sleep
41:40Sleep
41:42Neil, uh
41:43Let me tell His Royal Highness
41:45About what happened after the moonwalk
41:47I would love to hear
41:51He wants to hear it
41:52Yeah
41:55Well, uh
41:56After I completed the moonwalk
41:57I watched it all
41:58Every step
42:01I got back into the module
42:03And
42:04Knew
42:04We only had a few hours
42:06To get some rest
42:07Before we took off again
42:08So
42:08I
42:09I got my head down
42:11I closed my eyes
42:12Wait for it
42:41But all I could hear
42:43It was full of surprises
42:45It was full of surprises
42:47I see
42:53Were there any other questions you had for us?
43:07No
43:10Well in that case
43:12Would you mind if we asked you a few questions?
43:15No, of course
43:17What is it like?
43:20What is what like?
43:21Living in a place like this
43:23Because we heard you had a thousand rooms
43:25And that if you had the lengths of all the corridors together
43:28It comes to four miles
43:30Uh, well
43:31Oh, is it true you have a bagpiper for an alarm clock?
43:34And how many staff do you have here anyway?
43:35And how many palaces?
43:37We heard
43:38Twelve
43:38Twelve
43:38And do you know all these people in the pictures
43:41Are they related to those
43:43Oh, to the dots
44:04One, two, three
44:07Cheese
44:15I don't know what I was thinking
44:17If I expected them to be giants, gods
44:22In reality they were just three little men
44:25Pale-faced with cults
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
44:37And 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 but 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
45:09They 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
45:36Little green men
45:38They could be forgiven for thinking
45:40If that's all
45:41Planet Earth has got to offer
45:42Let's give the place a miss
45:44Mm-hmm
45:46Mm-hmm
45:54Mm-hmm
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 doubt, disaffection, disease, discomfort.
47:17People around me have noticed my general irritability.
47:24Now, 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...
48:18I can't even say what kind of crisis.
48:24That, that, crisis.
48:29And, 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.
49:27Her only son.
49:32Faith.
49:38How's your faith, she asked me.
49:47I'm here to admit to you that I've lost it.
50:04The loneliness and emptiness and anticlimax of going all that way to the moon to find nothing but haunting desolation.
50:21Ghostly silence.
50:24Gloom.
50:26That is what faithlessness is.
50:31As opposed to finding, you know, wonder, ecstasy, the, the miracle of divine creation, God's design and purpose.
50:45What am I trying to say?
50:49I'm trying to say that the solution to our problems, I think, is not in the, in the ingenuity of
51:00the rocket, or the science, or the technology, or even the bravery.
51:09No, 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 were, were trying to
51:41achieve here in St George's house,
51:45I now find myself full of respect, and admiration, and not a small part of desperation.
52:00As I come to say, help, help me.
52:23And to admit, while those three astronauts deserve all our praise and respect for their undoubted heroism,
52:31I was more scared coming here to see you today than I would have been going up in any bloody
52:35rocket.
53:05I'm going to say, help, help me.
53:31I'm going to say, help me.
54:01I'm going to say, help, help me.
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