:30:02
that we needed some kind of cheat sheet
that would always be within reach.
:30:06
Both of us had drafted
a checklist to wear on our sleeves...
:30:09
but the actual flight item was made up
by the ground crew just before launch...
:30:13
and put in our suits
without our even seeing them...
:30:15
until we were on the moon.
:30:18
Thanks to Dave Scott
and the rest of our backup crew...
:30:21
we had a little extra
reading to do.
:30:29
Look at your checklist.
:30:40
That's the terrain for me!
:30:45
With a 30-minute extension
to our EVA...
:30:47
I was able to get the core sample tube
in and out of the ground.
:30:50
Pete and I got up
our first load of moon rocks.
:30:53
We dusted each other off,
then I started back up the ladder.
:30:58
Just like that, the first of my two
four-hour moon walks was over.
:31:04
It's impossible to truly appreciate
something when it's happening.
:31:09
I suppose I had flashes of thought like:
"How did I get to the moon?"
:31:13
But if you put yourself
in my place...
:31:15
your head would be filled with so many
checklists and procedures...
:31:17
that all you could do, really,
was look at the panel readouts...
:31:21
upon which your life depends...
:31:23
feeling bad
about that lost TV camera.
:31:26
It wasn't the reason
we came to the moon.
:31:28
I know we're all human
and we mess up...
:31:31
but I sure felt bad about it.
:31:35
I seem to be a bit more sensitive
about such things than my colleagues.
:31:42
Pete and Dick are more typical
of the astronaut personality:
:31:46
Unflappable, confident,
fun loving.
:31:50
As for me,
one out of three ain't bad.
:31:54
We did have fun together.
:31:56
We were the most close-knit
of any crew that ever flew.