Mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and im particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. We stand in need of all three. We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. The despite the striking fact that most of the scientists the world has ever known are alive and working today. Despite the fact this nations own manpower is doubling every 10 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole. Despite that, the vast stretch
Im here by myself, but at any rate, i know buzz and neil would enjoy joining into this sort of a conversation as much as im looking forward to it. So did you find it different coming out from apollo 11 compared to the gemini 10 mission . I think the flights were quite different in one way. Of course, we road up on a rocket, so that part was very similar, but the Gemini Program got a lot of publicity. Some of it worldwide. Nonetheless, it was it had more of a local character. It was almost like a celebri celebrity secelebratory sortf event whereas apollo 11, on the other hand, was serious business. We, crew, felt the weight of the world on our shoulders. We knew everyone would be looking at us, friend or foe, and we wanted to do the best we possibly could, put our best foot forward, and that required a great deal of work on our part, but not too much time left over for any of the things we might have more enjoyed. Absolutely. So having the weight of the world on your shoulders, i know y