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Or without sacrifice. to this day americans grieve the loss of three brave astronauts of apollo 1 who were lost in a fire on the launchpad in january 1967. we think of them and their families even today. the risks for apollo 11 were so great, the odds were so long, that many fear that even if our astronauts made it to the moon they might not make it back. in fact, history records that president nixon prepared a speech in the event of tragedy, where he would explain to the nation that the vision had failed. but of course the mission didn't fail. after all, with 400,000 men, women behind the mis...

Selflessness and sense of adventure and wanting to be part of this amazing adventure. some of them never made it. >> it's a high risk venture, space exploration. neil armstrong thought they had a 50/50 chance of it being successful. these guys were being shot up in space like that. not one thing could go wrong. yet the first apollo, apollo 1, blew up on the launch paid in 1967. we loss gus grissom, ed white, roger chafe y. but future missions went for the ward because they wanted to fulfill the moon mission by the end of the decade. when we received from the pacific the astronauts, they put up...

Credit for keeping it going. >> martha: you told me something i didn't know. what they left for the cosmonauts on the moon. >> yeah, we left a packet. buzz said did you leave a packet? he left medals commemorating our apollo 1 dead, and also medals honoring soviet cosmonauts that died. so they're on the moon right now at a sacred american site and dead cosmonauts. >> will we go to the mars and moon? president trump and vice president mens have talked about it. >> both. we have the private sector working with nasa. the idea is to get back to the moon if four or five years. we will be back certa...

Than her fair share to this country. this weekend, many of us will be going to see the new movie "first man" about the life the life and accomplishments of neil armstrong that won the "apollo 1" mission and became the first man to walk on the moon. as the movie trailer already shows us, the film will deal with the death of the crew of apollo one, the first mission of the new apollo capsule. the three were killed while in the capsule and on the launch pad by a flash electrical fire. there was no emergency hatch. they couldn't get out and the 100% oxygen environment, they likely died in seconds....

Really means a lot. fate played such a big part in my life over the last 80 years, 81 tomorrow, by the way. and nostalgia. when i walk through the cemetery at arlington, i say why, why me? why not? why are they here -- brings back a lot of memories. >> neil: i don't want to give it away. the cemetery you're referring to, a lot of the astronauts and heros that died before you. you were visiting the apollo 1 fire victim. that was at a time when most thought the apollo program was finished. you and your colleagues kept fighting and fighting and realized j.f.k.'s ridiculous dream of landing a man ...