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Apollo 11
might never have happened...
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were it not for
three very specific people.
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You've probably never heard
of Sergei Korolyov...
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but without him the Soviet Union
might never have put a man into space...
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nor stirred the competitive juices
of his American counterparts.
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Wernher Von Braun
was the German rocket scientist...
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who turned the weapons
of World War Two...
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into the giant Saturn boosters
of the space race 20 years later.
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John F. Kennedy brashly vowed to send a
man to the moon and return him safely...
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long before it was known
to be possible.
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Korolyov, Von Braun and Kennedy...
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working at a time when politics,
economics and technology...
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were being defined by
mankind's breaching of outer space...
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were the keystones
in the bridge...
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that carried another celebrated trio
on their historic voyage...
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from the Earth to the moon.
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You fellas all know
what we're doing here, right?
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- Think so.
- Just shootin' the shit. Informal.
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No big deal.
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Coffee klatch kind of stuff
we can cut into...
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anytime during our broadcast
of the mission.
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Are we underdressed, Emmett?
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Not at all, boys.
I'm just a creature of habit.
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I can't go on the air
without puttin' on my tie.
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We'll be on the air from the moment
you cross through the equigravisphere...
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right up through the big moment.
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- I'm gonna need all the help I can get.
- I don't know, Emmett.
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Cronkite worked us over. I don't know
how much we have left for you.
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Let me worry about Cronkite.
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I've got good stuff on each of you,
but don't get too formal about it.
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Say any damn thing you please,
any damn thing you want.
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Neil, I'll start with you.
Then you, Buzz.
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- Mike, you'll be Tail-End Charlie.
- I'm always Tail-End Charlie.
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Forget what I just said.
We'll start with you.
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Now, Mike, you have a role unlike
any other human being in the world.