Apollo 131995

Jim Lovell:
The astronaut is only the most visible member of a very large team, and all of us, right down to the guys sweeping the floor are honored to be a part of it. What did the man say? "Give me a lever long enough and I'll move the world." Well that's exactly what we're doing here. This is divine inspiration, folks. It's the best part of each one of us that anything is possible. Things like a computer that can fit into a single room and hold millions of pieces of information, or the Saturn V rocket. Now, this is the actual launch vehicle that will be taking Alan Shepard and his crew on the first leg of the Apollo 13 mission.

Congressman:
When are you going up again, Jim?

Jim Lovell:
I'm slated to be the commander of Apollo 14 sometime late next year.

Congressman:
If there is an Apollo 14. Now, Jim, people in my state are asking why we're continuing to fund this program now that we've beaten the Russians to the moon.

Jim Lovell:
Well, imagine if Christopher Columbus came back from the New World, and no one returned in his footsteps.