On May 25th, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made a bold and seemingly impossible challenge to Congress.

I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out

of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.

That challenge accelerated the space race between the United States

and the Soviet Union. The first superpower to land on the Moon wouldn't just plant

a flag and give a speech and grab a few moon rocks. Dominion over the moon would be a

source of national pride, technical superiority, and military supremacy. By

1965, lunar probes from the US and the USSR

were sending back the first pictures of the dark side of the moon.

That's when the world's two greatest superpowers

realized they were too late.

The moon had already been claimed, just not by humans. It's July 21st, 1969, and the man referred to as the forgotten astronaut isn't here to touch the surface of the moon.

That job belongs to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who are 60 miles below.

Michael Collins orbits the moon, completely alone in space.

I think you mean Michael Collins is alone in his trailer while Neil and Buzz are on the

sound stage, being dangled by wires or whatever.

Okay, we know that you think the moon landing was fake.

As phony as a $2 bill.

Two dollar bills are real.

You'll believe anything. Since we're talking about what the astronauts saw on the dark side of the moon, we're going to have to assume that they were there.

Go ahead, I like science fiction.

That's one small step for man, one by a leap for mankind.

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