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“I don't mean to deny a feeling of solitude. It is there, reinforced by the fact that radio contact with the Earth abruptly cuts off at the instant I disappear behind the moon, I am alone now, truly alone, and absolutely isolated from any known life. I am it. If a count were taken, the score would be three billion plus two over on the other side of the moon, and one plus God knows what on this side.”

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Michael Collins

Michael Collins, an American astronaut born on October 31, 1930, and died on August 22, 1922. He was the command module pilot of the Apollo 11 mission, playing a crucial role in the first human moon landing. more

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