[Dagnabitt]

I like that analogy! One of the CM pilots said something like - it was a shame to go 99 percent of the way to the moon without landing on it.

Of course if someone were "just" to orbit the moon today it would be a big deal. Wonder who will do it next. Chinese? Private company?

[NCC-1701]

Sounds like something Richard Gordon of Apollo 12 may have said. I’ve heard him say something similar on the DVD of “For All Mankind”. The CMP also had the unenviable role of possibly leaving the CDR and LMP on the moon and coming home alone. Now THAT would have been a real downer.