LMP: Well, Gordy, that is a difficult question. It has been a fascinating experience from so many detail aspects. I guess, generally speaking, the thing I carry back with me, I hope, is an increased per- spective not only for the history of the solar system, but I hope for the future of mankind with- in that solar system. won't stick in my mind for a long time. that you are returning home from what may be the last lunar exploration of this century, what short- range and long-range plans do each of you have for the future? Christmas with my family, think about the flight, get its data down on paper. My long-range plans are to turn around and look at the next flight whenever that may be and put my efforts and ex- perience toward that flight and get to work on it. all tomorrow I want to make a real good reentry, and that's kind of the real short-range part of it. From that point on, as I mentioned before, I think we have a responsibility, at least, I feel we have responsibilities to share our experiences with the rest of the people not only in the United States, but with the people of the rest of the world. Be- yond that, I also have a strong desire to continue participating in manned space flight in whatever capacity that I might be able to. words and maybe add, Gordy, that I hope that through the next few years I'11 be able to make some contri- butions that guarantee that this Apolly 17 flight is not the last exploration program in this century in space. there were periodic reports from each of you about gastric distress in one form or another. Does this trouble make you think that the three Skylab mis- sions of 28, 56, and 56 days scheduled for next year are too ambitious? Gordy. I think that's the reason we're flying each and every one of these flights one at a time. To find out if there really are potential problems in 188/7 Tape diet or what have you, and I think we solved a lot of them from Apollo 15 and 16, and those few that we had I'm sure we can solve, accordingly, prior to Skylab flying. lems that occurred on Apollo 16, and I think as a result of our observations in conjunction with the medical people, primarily at NASA, that solution - a very clear solution will be found for Skylab and any other mission we want to fly. during your space walk yesterday, and other space walkers before you seemed to have had this same reaction to the experience. Can you describe what it was like and how it made you feel? tunity to watch yesterday, it is pretty obvious how I felt out there. I'm not sure euphoric is the word. I - it's an opportunity - Well, to me I guess it was an opportumity to be what I call a "real space man." And - you're out there in the deepness of space, with nothing there but your spacesuit on, and you're doing the job that has to be done. And we're riding around in space out here, and this is in a capsule and we look out the window, you know, but it's nice firm feeling. It's a solidly built vehicle, and you get the zero g effect on the thing, but you don't get the feeling of - really getting out and walking in space. And once I became ac- customed to what it was like in the EVA environ- ment, then you relax and you take it easy, you try to accomplish what you can and observe what you can and really enjoy it. And I think I really enjoyed it. and I didn't notice that he was ready to jump out into space if that's the kind of euphoria you're talking about. ments. You talked a lot about this mission being the end of the beginning, but a lot of people don't agree. Recognizing the United States is stopping lunar exporation for the forseeable future, how do you feel?