In August of 2007, I went to a Preview screening of a documentary of the 12 who walked on the moon.. it was presented by Bonnie Dunbar, CEO of the Museum of Flight, and a retired Shuttle Astronaut, who made a point of adding “And, we DID land on the Moon!” to end her introduction. 🙂
The movie was not yet out for popular release, and it was one of the reasons we picked that day to go to the Museum.
The focus was on the Astronauts… who they were, how they felt, and how they feel looking back on what they did. It was very compelling, and very interesting.
Before it kicked off, the guys who filmed it – and basically paid for, directed, and produced the documentary – talked about talking to the astronauts, and trying to convince them that what they were doing was worth their time… they get pegged for a lot of interviews, so they pick and choose what they do.
They eventually did get to talk to everyone except Armstrong, who doesn’t talk to anyone, for the most part.
The question of “Faking it” came up in the documentary, and they handled it pretty well. “you know your cousin”, said one of the astronauts, “you don’t know me… maybe you SHOULD believe him over me, but I think I went – I’m sure of it”
They were passionate in their description of what they felt, the grandeur of it all…
Buzz was very open and frank in the interviews. He talked a lot about how it affected him, both positively and negatively – he talked about his mom committed suicide partially as a result of the pressures surrounding his mission.
When talking about going to the moon, and being on its surface, he had the same candor, and the same expression, the same passion… He said that if he was NOT on the moon, then they somehow tricked him, too.
If they’re lying, then I sure can’t tell!
they seem VERY convinced they went, and they really seemed to be telling the truth!
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