Michael Collins
2009-07-17 18:29:18.710305+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
For the 40th anniversary of the moon landings: Q&A prepared by Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. Sounds like a worthy old curmudgeon:
Heroes abound, and should be revered as such, but don't count astronauts among them. We work very hard; we did our jobs to near perfection, but that was what we had hired on to do. In no way did we meet the criterion of the Congressional Medal of Honor: 'above and beyond the call of duty.'