Jack Hitt
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And someone had closed the gate and they couldn't see it on the way back.
So the horse hit it and he flew off and broke a couple of his ribs.
And so when he did his famous test flight the next day, he had several broken ribs.
If he had told anybody, he would not have been able to fly.
And when he got into the cockpit, I think somebody noticed that he closed the thing with his left hand because he couldn't use his right hand.
When I was little, everybody, of course, we all loved Neil Armstrong.
He was handsome and tall and brave.
And Buzz Aldrin, he was talkative and cocky.
There's a third guy, Mike Collins, the other guy.
And it's interesting that all of his life, he explained that there was only one question that he ever got asked.
And that was what it was like to be as far away from Earth as anyone has ever been.
Because that was his achievement, right?
Because, remember, when he turns the corner, when he goes around to the dark side of the moon, he's out of radio contact.
And there's no light, right?
He's in this tin can, and he...