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RIP Michael Collins
As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb
The Apollo guys were truly pioneers, I cannot imagine how big your balls have to be to sit on top of a giant bomb in a glorified dustbin and travel somewhere where no human had gone before. The very stuff of boys' own stories.
RIP
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
he, and the other CM pilots, that’s character.
RIP
As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb
Although the ascent stage was deliberately designed with a rocket whose special fuel needed no ignition - simply mixing the two parts caused automatic combustion - it was still a no-backup-option part of the whole system, and the two astronauts on the Moon absolutely relied on that one engine to work flawlessly every single time or they weren't going home. There was a non-negligible risk of either not being able to leave the surface at all, or not being able to reach the command module. In those circumstances the crew could well have remained alive for some time, and the Command Module Pilot would have had to initiate the return to Earth without them. Thankfully it never happened, but apparently Nixon had a speech written in advance for broadcast in the event.
From what I've read that's one of the major reasons the missions were discontinued after six landings, even though there were more originally planned - quit while you're still ahead.
They were all extremely brave men.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.