I Know You're All Saying I Can

The Same Way People Are Now Paying A Couple Thousand Dollars To Fly To Other Parts Of The World, People Will Be Paying $50,000 To Spend A Weekend On A Space Station.

You Know, Being A Test Pilot Isn't Always The Healthiest Business In The World.

On The Periscope . . . . What A Beautiful View. Cloud Cover Over Florida - Three To Four Tenths Near The Eastern Coast. Obscured Up To Hatteras . . . I Can See [lake] Okeechobee. Identify Andros Island. Identify The Reefs.

So Everything Turned Out Fine, And We Were Given The Opportunity To Go To Washington And Be Briefed On The Project Of Man In Space, And Given The Opportunity To Choose Whether We Wanted To Get Involved Or Not.

The Excitement Really Didn't Start To Build Until The Trailer - Which Was Carrying Me, With A Space Suit With Ventilation And All That Sort Of Stuff - Pulled Up To The Launch Pad.