We were that first crew that was going to get a chance to fly this vehicle. We were very, very aware of the time pressure and everything has to go right. If we're sure going to meet Kennedy's goal of getting to the moon in that decade and back. Apollo 9 was an engineering mission from beginning to end. We tested every possible thing that could be tested. The mission was completely dedicated to testing the systems, the engines and the guidance and navigation, all kinds of things that we could do in Earth orbit. When we first got in the orbit, we had a lot of stuff to do. We needed to make sure that we had all the data we could get. The lunar module had to land on the moon. I mean, that's what it was designed for. And then it had to get back up to the command bodies so there was a right home. How does that support car handle Jim? Pretty nice. It's really very difficult to get the coordinate system in your head. Normally, we'd be looking out this way and the doctor would be looking at the lunar module and it would go this way. So the control system didn't operate the way it normally would. It was the most complicated, messy system of springs and levers and latches and unbelievably complex. We deep pressurized both the lunar module and the command module. And Rusty was going to get out and transfer over to the command module. And we were doing that to see that it could be done. I'm part way up the front of the lunar module, making sure that I could safely do that and not poke holes in the suit with the antennas and things. And everything was quiet. Nobody was talking that beautiful earth out there. I mean, that's what I really saw just the beauty of where I was. Now, they wanted to get out of the spacecraft too. So we parted the mission with Framelo and the patch. So we were all out there in the vacuum. Here we are at this historic moment that we're all part of, not just the astronauts, but everybody who's alive today and we're all on this small planet as representative of life. We're beginning to move out from this planet, which as far as we know contains all of the life in our little corner of the universe. It just worked beautifully. I mean, it was an amazing vehicle. I don't know, it was a Helmer ride. you