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Sagalevich professes bafflement. "I don't really know why some people got so nervous about [our] placing the Russian flag there," he told TIME. "The Americans placed their flag on the moon, and it doesn't mean the moon became theirs." The Russian acknowledges that though the mission "excited the whole world," it amounted to only a "pinprick" in Moscow's continued efforts to undergird its case for extended sovereignty in the Arctic. (In 2002 a U.N. commission shelved Russia's claim to more of the Arctic for lack of detailed technical evidence.) Nor, despite this summer's bravado...
What did it feel like to land on the moon? -Amor Detalla, Tagum, Philippines That question has been asked a thousand times. It is very difficult to convey to somebody who is not familiar with all of the training and preparations we went through, because that is what resulted in the feelings we had. We had to do everything we humanly could to guarantee success. It was a time of reflecting on the bigger meaning of things and being in awe of the visual situation and experience. There was a sense that our souls were linked with the entire world...
...anything humorous happen on your mission? -Eve McGivern, Pittsburgh[Laughs] Mike Collins called Neil the "Tsar" and I said a couple of humorous things for levity. When Houston cleared us for liftoff I said, "Roger, we are number one on the runway." When we landed on the moon I said, "Be careful not to lock the hatch on the way out." It wasn't appreciated at the time...
...same clear vision of space exploration that existed in the 1960's? -Jeremy Slater, Houston, Texas No. I think we understand space exploration much better than we did back then. It is difficult to develop transportation systems that are economical and efficient. When we did get to the moon with Apollo it was very effective and efficient, but the flight rate was not high enough to justify making it reusable...
...will be a "major topic of discussion" at the APEC annual summit, which opened this week in Sydney. A day later, U.S. First Lady Laura Bush, who has personally followed the situation in Burma for years and has met with many Burmese activists, called U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon to press for more action from the international body. "One thing we can do to work toward national reconciliation in Burma is for the Security Council to speak out formally," Mrs. Bush told TIME. "Will that work? I don't know. But it's the least...