Gemini 9 retrospective

[ApolloWasReal]

These guys do tell some great stories, don't they?

[curea229]

Good vid, thanks for posting!

[AntisolarPoint]

These guys are heroes. Anyone who said they didn't make it to the moon should be shot. I wish Aldrin's left hook on that shit-head had been fatal. But when will Gene be the last man to walk on the moon?

[youvebeenthunderstru]

Yeah, those conversations with the conspiracy theorists are much the same.

"We didn't land on the moon, it was faked by NASA."

"...science says otherwise."

"No, you're just too stupid to understand."

"...okay then. Fuck you. Ignorant piece of shit."

[Frye666]

Legends! Thank you so much for this!

[ghleopold]

Great story to get on the record. Thanks for posting.

[tuttt99]

I met Mr. Cernan on two occasions. Very nice man.

[TheApolloChannel]

Great Vid & to see how well these great men get on after all those years! And they have admitted back in the day, there was always competition to impress Deke Slayton who chose the Astronaut Crews.

But The fact that Cernan & Stafford flew two missions together, Gemini-9 & to the Moon on Apollo-10 coming within only a few miles of the surface, proves that these men lived thier most proudest, exciting & at times dangerous moments of ther lives together, well who woild be freinds! Legends

[toddsmitts]

Gene's great. One of the more personable astronaut. I've never seen Tom Stafford before though. Interesting.

Gene and Tom weren't supposed to be on Gemini 9. They were the back-ups until the prime crew, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, were killed when their T-38 crashed. Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin, in turn, became Tom and Gene's back-ups and later flew on Gemini 12. This was one of many shake-ups to the crew rotation that led to who would be on the first lunar-landing mission.

[Mainsail76]

Astronaut humor is the best! Great clip!

[niquel911]

Thanks for this clip.. Gene to me, the best astronaut all over.