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The Austin Amrriran-Statesman Page BIO AuMin, Texas Sunday, July 21, 1974 teaching courses in dynamics and flight testing about which he knows a great deal. Neil knows what he's doing, and he's doing it well." Astronaut Collins' Book Tells of Apollo 11 quate substitute for the shark. bit test of the command mod 3 1 i I Armstrong: "As the first human being to step onto another planet, Neil will be a unique person for all his life, and I think he must ration himself in a tasteful and sensible fashion. He has done that at Cincinnati, where he lives in a figurative castle surrounded by a moat full of dragons. When he chooses, which is not often, he can lower the drawbridge and sally forth; but more important, when he chooses, he can retreat with honor and dignity smiles and giggles over our success, then it's back to work as usual." Some time after Apollo 11, Armstrong, a quiet, intellectual person, escaped from the public limelight and became a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati.

Aldrin underwent a period of severe mental depression which ended his military career and for which he still receives treatment. He wrote a book, "Return to Earth," which details his troubles. Collins, now director of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, has these observations today of his fellow crewmen: Aldrin: "Fame has not worn well on Buzz. I think he resents not being first on the moon more than he appreciates being second. the pilot fish has been thrown clear of the shark Apollo and is swimming around, desperately looking for another streamlined creature of speed and danger to attach to.

There aren't any, Buzz, but I earnestly pray you will find some placid sunfish as ade placed liaise, and the trio began training for the moon. Another potential barrier to Apollo 11 being first came after Apollos 7, 8 and 9 were executed with no major problems. Some NASA officials then considered trying the landing with Apollo 10, commanded by Thomas Stafford, instead of using that flight to test the command and lunar ships in moon orbit. But they were overruled by those who said the orbit experience was necessary before committing to a landing. Another factor was that the Apnlln 10 supply to avoid landing in a crater field, Collins responded: "Fantastic.

Christ, I don't care if he landed on top of a gigantic anthill, just as long as they are down in one piece." After the two ships redocked, and the moonwalkers entered the command ship: "The first one through is Buzz, with a big smile on his face. I grab his head, a hand on each temple, and am about to give him a smooch. then, embarrassed, I think better of it and grab his hand, and then Neil's. We cavort about a little bit, all and direct his attention to fciJ ule. Apollo 8, commanded by James McDiuitt was to be an earth orbit test of the command and lunar modules; Apollo 9, headed by Frank Borman, was to test both machines in lunar orbit, and Apollo 10, crew not named, would be the first landing attempt.

This schedule would hold if there were no problems. But, writes Collins, lunar module development fell behind, and it was decided to fly Apollo 8 as a second test of the command rnnrinle only. If Schirra's Apollo 7 flight were perfect, Apollo 8 would be a moon orbit shot. That put the landing off until at least Apollo 11. Under NASA's crew selection process then, a backup crew leapfrogged two flights to become a prime crew.

Thus, the Apollo 8 backup team of Armstrong, Aldrin and Fred Haise stood to become the Apollo 11 prime crew. But Collins, because of his greater experience, including a space flight, re LM was slightly heavy for such an attempt. "Had it been my decision," Collins says, "I think I would have delayed Apollo 10 a couple of months, given the crew some controls, accidentally "crashed" into the surface. Had it been the real thing, both men would have been killed. "That night Buzz was incensed and kept me up far past my bedtime complaining about it," Collins reports.

"I could not discern whether he was concerned about his actual safety in Tight, should Neil repeat this error, or whether he was simply embarrassed to have crashed in front of a room full of experts in Mission Control in Houston. "Hut no matter, was in fine voice, and as the scotch bottle emptied and his complaints became louder and more specific, Neil suddenly appeared in his pajamas, tousled-haired and coldly indignant, and joined the fray. Politely I excused myself and gratefully crept off to bed, not wishing to intrude in an inter-crew clash of technique or personality." He says the two talked well into the night and that by morning "neither appeared changed, ruffled or nonplussed, so I assume it was a frank and beneficial discussion. was the only such outburst in our training cycle." A series of key decisions in late 1968 and early 1169 gained Armstrong, Aldnn and Collins the first moon kinding assignment. This was the intended flight schedule in 1968: The first manned Apollo shot, Apollo 7, headed by astronaut Walter Schirra, was to be an earth or PRICES GOOD THRU WEDNESDAY Quantity Rights Reserved Pkg.

of 5' GILLETTE SUPER STAINLESS Double Edge V. Ill 1 I VJ5 AT BLADES more training and our LM and let them land. Man, to go within 50,000 feet and then wave off, that's just too much!" The book graphically details the flight of Apollo 11 and Collins' thoughts. After Armstrong reported he had to use most of the LM fuel WASHINGTON (AP) Neil Armstrong became first man on the moon because of a lot of luck and because he bumped Edwin Aldnn out of that honor, reports the third astronaut who flew on that historic Apollo 11 mission five years ago. The "bumping" created some friction between Armstrong and Aldrin and led to one preflight blowup, writes Michael Collins in a new book, "Carrying the Fire, An Asironaut's Journeys," to be published Aug.

15 by Farrar, Straus Ciroux I1' And. Collins says, he thinks Aldrin "resents not being first on the moon more than he appreciates being second." Neither Apollo II crewman would had a crack at the first landing if it had not been for some critical decisions in and 19(3, Collins reports. Collins was the command module pilot who circled the moon alone for a day while Armstrong and Aldrin made man's first exploration of that planet just five years ago. on July 20-21, 19(19. Collins also flew on the three-day Gemini 10 earth orbit trip in I'M.

"Carrying the Fire" is Collins' account of his six years as an astronaut. It details circumstances which brought Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins together to fly the first lunar kinding mission and how they developed into a smooth team during months of training despite Aldnn's unhappincss. "Although Buzz (Aldrin) never came out and said it in so many words, I think his basic beef was that Neil was going to be first to set foot on the moon," Collins writes. "Originally some of the early check lists were written to show a copilot first exit, but Neil ignored these and exercised his commander's prerogative to crawl out first." "This had been decided in April, and Buzz' attitude took a noticeable turn in the direction of gloom and introspection shortly thereafter," Collins says. "Once he tentatively approached me about the injustice of the situation, but I quickly turned him off.

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