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Space missions to the moon,
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50 years later, these incredible adventures
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still appeal to the imagination.
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Pioneers who traveled to the moon are celebrated
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like fearless heroes who risked their lives
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to add to the honor and glory of humanity.
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No, May.
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Everyone who was involved in some way
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with these space adventures I could count
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with esteem, respect and fame.
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But a man was not so lucky,
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the artist, Paul Van Hoeydonck.
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- I expected to be more famous than Picasso.
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On the contrary, people hated me.
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Why the hell this talented artist
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from the Belgian city, Wijnegem, was he so hated?
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The answer is on the moon.
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It is this small sculpture with the name "Fallen Astronaut".
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It was taken to the moon in 1971 by the Apollo 15 team.
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This little work of art has been converted
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on a humiliating issues that led to NASA
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and the group of astronauts to an embarrassing situation.
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- "If this thing becomes a big thing
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"with the 'Fallen Astronaut'
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"someone is going to find out about Bulova watches,
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"they will find out about the covers,
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"they will discover all this,
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"you know, i'm going to have a big problem."
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- Everyone has a lot of buried stuff.
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And this is what happened.
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It was a very negative moment.
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- We were a scandal in America, why?
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- And we were all punished and sent away
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and surprisingly, the only guy from the three of us
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who were not fired
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and was asked to leave Houston, it was Dave Scott.
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- Paul was being harassed by the US government, which,
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basically turned against him
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for doing something that was not approved by NASA
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and he then left the country.
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- My lawyer said:
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"Paul, make your lunch, go back to Belgium.
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I said, "Why didn't I do that?"
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He said, "You know, pay attention,
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"when you enter the United States in a prison,
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"you have to get out of this."
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Paul Van Hoeydonck's small sculpture
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it is the only work of art outside our planet.
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It's a fascinating story it's a
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of the most intriguing stories of the Apollo missions.
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The Fallen Astronaut
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A sculpture that died on the way to the moon
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All his life, Paul Van Hoeydonck makes art
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related to space and space travel.
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His art is called space art, a symbiosis of art and science.
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- Paul's work,
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in my mind, it's a synthesis of humans and machines.
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And this is very spatial, I mean, it's a synergistic concept
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that we will probably have to get used to more
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and more in the future, where man and machine will work together
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to accomplish something.
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And I think Paul is perhaps one of the first
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this is taken to that point.
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I'm not a great art person, I don't know art that well,
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but I know that when I see something I like
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and these I like, because, instantly, in my mind,
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speak of space.
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- All your art has always been about space.
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So it was very appropriate
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that he should be the person to go to the moon, right?
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Paul created the little sculpture,
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"Fallen Astronaut" in the summer of 1971.
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Until recently, Paul declined
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to talk about his work of art on the moon.
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"Fallen Astronaut" ruined his career,
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yes, even his life.
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Now he is ready to tell his story.
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Together with Paul, we will try to find the true story
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behind this little man on the moon.
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- Well, this is the first job I did in white on white,
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with an astronaut or something.
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1961
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I show how I showed the image of the moon.
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- When you're reading all these letters,
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when you see all these pictures,
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you're living a story, a dream story.
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Not just the goal, this sculpture on the moon,
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but how everyone can make their dreams come true.
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Paul Van Hoeydonck's artwork always aimed
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look as far ahead as possible.
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Exploring the possibilities of the future is a
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of your most important missions.
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Discoveries in space in the 1950s
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they are a huge stimulant for your artistic ambitions.
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At the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition,
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the Russians were doing an exhibition
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of a replica of Sputnik.
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This small satellite marks the beginning of the space race
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between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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It inspires Paul to take new directions in his work.
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Paul is considered to belong to the Zero Group.
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It's the name, taken from the countdown to a rocket launch,
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it should indicate a new period in art.
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In 1961, the Russians placed the first man
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in an orbit around the Earth.
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Paul's imagination travels
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along with this first leap into space.
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It creates trips out of the planet to give
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expression for new destinations.
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Following the advice of the New York lawyer
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and art collector, Harry Torczyner,
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Paul traveled to America in 1962.
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At that time, New York was considered
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as the new center for modern art.
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Paul is at Dick Waddell's art gallery.
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The connections between your space art
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and incidents in space,
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repeatedly draw attention to their work.
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- Well, one day I made such a big painting
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as a normal form of man, an astronaut in space,
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losing your glove.
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A few months later, one of them lost his glove
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while taking his first walk.
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You explain that. (mysterious music)
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Paul uses trash and found objects
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to create your futuristic work.
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That�s why he�s designated
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as the archaeologist of the future.
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Van Hoeydonck's space art is also known outside of New York
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and there are exhibitions
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in Chicago, Houston and Washington.
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- I had a great exposure in Washington
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in a very big museum with my works on the moon.
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And there were some people from NASA
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and they said, "You are one of us.
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"You have to come to NASA."
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So I went to NASA for the first time.
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As a special guest at NASA,
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Van Hoeydonck pays a visit to Cape Kennedy.
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Paul feels that he landed
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in the most romantic place on earth.
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The mission sequence begins.
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Six, five, four.
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The launch of Apollo 6,
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that he is invited to testify,
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it is an important test for the mission on the moon.
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When Paul returns to New York,
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the premiere of a science fiction film on Broadway
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attracts your attention.
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It is by Stanley Kubrick, "Space Adventure 2001".
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- I was walking on one of the avenues
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and there was a great movie.
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The first sound
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of that
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nice picture--
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Paul is especially impressed
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by a mysterious black rock found by astronauts
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in a lunar crater.
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- It was a monumental stone, not only that,
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and made a great impression on me.
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I said, "My God, this is not a sculpture,
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"is speaking another language."
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The Kubrick movie play
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makes Paul dream of placing a work of art in space.
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He recalls that dream in a book
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with an overview of his space art
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and he prophetically places himself and his art on the moon.
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Waddell Gallery manager Louise Deutschman,
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is intrigued by Paul's obsession with space travel.
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In an exhibition
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she proposes her lunar project to Dick Waddell.
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- "Why don't we put a sculpture of Paul on the moon?"
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I heard, I entered
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and said, "You are crazy, you are crazy."
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Louise Deutschman pays no attention
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to Paul�s comments and she contacts NASA.
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Meanwhile, in Houston, the final preparations are being made
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for the first moon landing, the Apollo 11 mission.
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NASA resolutely rejects its proposal
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and so on July 20, 1969,
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin place the US flag
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on the moon,
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but not a work of art.
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Louise Deutschman thinks of an alternative plan.
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During the prelude to the second moon landing,
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she sends Paul to Cocoa Beach.
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Paul has to try to make contact with the astronauts.
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- Cocoa Beach is a very open city.
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Many things happening, parasites,
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many people that we would now consider groupies,
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were close by.
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Paul stays in Cocoa Beach for several weeks,
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but making contact with the astronauts ends
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being an impossible task for Paul.
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When Apollo 12 is released,
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your dream of a work of art on the moon
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it seems farther than ever.
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However, in New York City,
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Louise Deutschman will not give up.
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She addresses all her contacts in the art world
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for advice on your lunar project.
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A year later, she finally finds a man who can help her,
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someone who worked for NASA
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and now runs a printing company on Bank Street.
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- When I met George,
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he had a small room in his apartment
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that was top to bottom with the photographs
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of anything to do with the mission when he worked for NASA.
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George Goodstadt cooperated
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in the design of the crew badges for Apollo 13 and 14.
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That's how he meets someone with strong connections
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with many astronauts,
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is a former professional player from Connecticut.
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Now a public relations officer at Lacoste,
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he is always looking for good deals.
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- And all these ideas started to come to him
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things on the moon, golf balls, golf clubs,
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hit a golf ball on the moon,
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a famous shot, of course, hitting a golf ball on the moon.
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Direct as a given, one more.
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Miles and miles and miles.
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- So hitting golf balls became a big deal on the moon, wow!
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So he kind of tied it all up
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and it worked very well.
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- Danny Lawler was a representative
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from the Izod sportswear line,
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In fact, I think he probably represented a lot of companies.
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- And the company, Lacoste, loved it,
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they loved this free advertising.
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"These famous people are wearing our clothes
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"because of Danny Lawler."
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- And he was the one
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joined NASA and the Waddell Gallery.
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Apollo 15 astronaut Jim Irwin
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also wears Danny's Lacoste shirts.
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Jim will travel to the moon in a few months.
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During a golf lesson, Danny asks Jim
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if he can take a small sculpture with him on his PPK.
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- A PPK is a personal preference kit,
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and contained all the particular things
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to take on the flight.
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You are limited to how much you can carry,
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you can only carry 2.2 kg of material,
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so, most of the time flags were carried,
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we carry pins and small things for people.
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- We have a heavy situation, which he always told me,
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you just can't stack a lot of things there.
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And at that time
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I believe that astronauts were not allowed
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to profit from that kind of thing.
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They couldn't turn around and say,
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"Hi, I ate this chocolate bar and took it to the moon"
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you can't do that, so it was a no.
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So you had to be very, very careful
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about what you brought, in terms of weight,
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and you couldn't do that to make a profit.
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Jim Irwin is prepared
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take a work of art to the moon for Danny,
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as long as it's not too big and heavy.
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Dick Waddell suggests that Paul create something
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along the lines of a small multiple that he did before
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for its exhibition in Chicago.
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- After my dealer said, "Let's try
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"bring something to the moon", I went back to Belgium
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and because I was (speaking in a foreign language).
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And I said to my son, "What are we going to do?"
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And we have (speaking in a foreign language),
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a kind of thing that children are playing.
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And so it happened
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that Patrick, 11, created the first design
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for a sculpture on the moon, together with his father.
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- The Paul Van Hoeydonck project started, for me,
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when I was approached by Paul or his dealer,
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Dick Waddell, to collaborate in the creation of a sculpture.
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I had no idea what to do and it was very difficult
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and it was more of a model.
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It was really just the beginning of him expressing an idea
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this would have to be refined and completed.
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We did what we did with many creative artists,
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when I said, "How big is it?"
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And Paul said, "That big."
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And he just used his hands
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to show me the size he imagined.
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And once I knew the height of the piece,
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so I was able to do all the other dimensions,
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working from height.
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- And we needed a few months, you know,
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before we agreed that this would be the sculpture.
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- After collaborating for a while,
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we create a design
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of the final image we made
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and I personally sculpt this out of aluminum.
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- We designed it on an acrylic tube
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to explain to people that the man was going to the stars.
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Six weeks before the launch of Apollo 15,
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Danny Lawler organizes a friendly meeting
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between Paul and the team at Cocoa Beach.
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- I went to Cabo and had a meeting with them
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a restaurant
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- Yes, we had a meeting with Paul.
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In fact, Paul was very pleasant
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and we made some individual statues for each of us.
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Through the book "Space Art",
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astronauts know Paul's work
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that shows the glory of exploring space,
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but also its dark sides, like the space accident.
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- That's when I felt something I had to learn,
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that life in space is as dangerous as living on Earth.
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That dying is something that is the future of every planet,
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every man, every animal, every flower
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and that we have to accept that.
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Astronauts are impressed by their works
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and Paul, in turn, explains to them
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how he admires their world.
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- Because I said to them, "In my eyes,
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"you are the knights of the Renaissance."
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And you say, "See what this man says."
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I said, "Yes, I think so, you are noble."
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I said, "My God", and then one of us said:
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"I think it's relevant,
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"let's put this sculpture on the moon."
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This promise leads
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To a summit meeting in New York.
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Goodstadt, Lawler, Waddell
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and Van Hoeydonck prepare a program for the moon project.
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Five identical sculptures must travel to the moon.
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One of them will be left on the moon,
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one is for Paul and Dick,
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and the other three
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are for the astronauts themselves to maintain,
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but they also need to make a sixth sculpture.
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Upon your return, it will be processed
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in a series of 1,000 replicas, which will be sold.
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The six sculptures need to be completed as quickly as possible,
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but right after the meeting,
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a dramatic incident occurs in Russia.
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- A few months before Apollo 15 went to the moon,
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there has been an accident.
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The Dobrovolski cosmonauts, Volkov
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and Patsayev are found dead in their capsule
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in return for the longest space mission ever.
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The cause of death is a mystery.
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NASA is concerned that Scott, Irwin
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and Worden will also be endangered
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in the long mission they are about to undertake.
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The Apollo 15 mission is suspended.
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Paul is back
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for his wife and children in Belgium.
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Inspired by the photos of the Cosmonauts' funeral,
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he starts a work of art to commemorate the crew of Soyuz 11.
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It will become one of your most impressive works of art.
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- I don't know, but I did something about the same time
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because
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I had to do it. "
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And then suddenly, - Silence!
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the Russians have disclosed the cause of the mysterious deaths
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of cosmonauts.
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- We are competitive,
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but we are also protective of each other.
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And I think what happened is that they informed us
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what was the problem
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and that led us to change some of our procedures.
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When the time came to open a hatch
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or maybe it's a possibility
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that we could be exposed to a vacuum,
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we wear pressure clothes
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and we hadn't done that before.
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If we had followed the old path and had a problem,
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the same thing would have happened.
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It happened to them,
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they were very accommodating, did not wear their clothes
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and they had a pressure leak and it killed them.
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The Apollo 15 mission is underway,
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so that the project of a work of art on the moon can continue.
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Dick Waddell takes the six sculptures of the moon
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for Danny Lawler in Cocoa Beach.
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Now Danny Lawler has to put them
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in the hands of Jim Irwin,
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but then another problem arises
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this could compromise the entire design.
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In the USA, a discussion started on the agreements
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that Danny Lawler closed with Alan Shepard.
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- on Apollo 14,
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Al Shepard had carried some things on that flight
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and then he hit the golf ball on the moon
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and my understanding is that the company
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that made those golf balls have thousands
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of boxes of these balls ready to ship,
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with inscriptions "First golf ball hit on the moon".
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Al Shepard denied any relationship
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with the golf ball company, but that was a bad thing
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and I think there were people at NASA
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who wanted to do something about it
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to prove that they were still in control.
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NASA will keep bitter lookout
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in possibly commercial activities
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with things that are taken to the moon.
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Paul is afraid that the inspection
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of the astronaut's PPKs will be more stringent.
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- When Flight 15 took off,
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we were very interested to know what could happen
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and we didn't see it happen because it was a secret
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and we knew it was a secret.
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- So there I was, sitting in the living room,
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watching television, watching live,
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the launch of Apollo 15,
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without knowing it at that moment, you're really on board, aren't you?
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- [Advertiser] 12, 11, 10, nine, eight,
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ignition sequence started, engines running.
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Five four three two one. (engines roar)
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All engines running.
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Takeoff, we have takeoff,
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at 9:34 am, Eastern Daylight Time.
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Precisely on time, 9:34 am,
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Apollo 15 rose from the block on the way to the moon.
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Together with your family,
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Paul follows the journey to the moon on TV.
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Paul receives news from Dick Waddell
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It is perfectly in order.
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Danny Lawler said that all six sculptures of the moon
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are on board the control module.
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At night, Paul and his little son, Patrick,
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look at the moon where the astronauts are about to arrive
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with your little sculpture.
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All they can do is wait and dream every now and then.
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And then, finally, the Apollo 15 team set foot on the moon.
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Ok, Houston, how I stood out here
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in the wonders of the unknown in Hadley,
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I kind of realize that there is a fundamental truth in our nature,
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man must explore.
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Paul is glued to the television.
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He watches all activity on the moon with Argus' eyes.
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Irwin and Scott will be on the moon for three days.
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They are the first astronauts
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driving the lunar roving vehicle
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through the mountains on the moon
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and perform all kinds of experiments.
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But on the first day, nothing should be seen
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to put a sculpture on the moon.
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When there are no broadcasts, Paul tries to remain calm.
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He tries not to think too much
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about what he expects to be happening 400,000 kilometers away
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from his home in Wijnegem.
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In the second day.
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Irwin and Scott drive more than 10 kilometers on the moon.
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In a crater, they find a rock that will later be known
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like Genesis Rock, a four billion-year-old stone.
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I think we found what we came for.
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Crystalline rock, huh?
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Yes, sir, you better believe it.
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After a seven-hour lunar tour,
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they return to the lunar module.
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There is still no sign of Paul's statue.
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During the third and final lunar tour,
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for Paul, the tension is almost unbearable.
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One of the astronauts falls.
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They do an experiment with a hammer and a quill.
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And I will drop the two here
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and I hope they hit the ground at the same time.
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What about?
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Live on television,
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they print stamps on the moon.
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I am very proud to have the opportunity here
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to play postman.
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What would be the best place to cancel a stamp
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than here at Hadley Rille.
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After three walks on the moon,
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Irwin and Scott return to the lunar module
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and their activities on the moon have come to an end.
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There is no sign of sculpture on the moon.
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The lunar module aims to bring together
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with Alfred Worden's command module.
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The television camera that sits on the moon
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takes a final panoramic photo of the Apollo 15 landing site.
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The recording ends in the lunar vehicle.
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In the background, a small mysterious object is shining
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on the edge of a small crater of the moon.
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It�s not clear what exactly it is,
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but it doesn't look like Paul's moon sculpture.
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Paul is in a state of suspense.
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What could have gone wrong?
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He misunderstood your meeting
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with the astronauts in Cocoa Beach?
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There is also no news from the USA.
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When a week later, Apollo 15 returns,
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there's one last breathtaking moment
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fuel discharge.
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- I loved nylon
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and suddenly I could see big holes in the parachute.
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But when we were going down to the water,
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I saw a second trough
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that was starting to have holes.
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If the holes in the second parachute
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would have gotten bigger,
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they would not have survived the landing.
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The top chute of the parachute.
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Apollo 15, this is Recovery, exchange.
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Now they arrived on Earth unscathed.
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At the first press conference,
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astronauts tell about the mysterious object
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that they left behind on the moon.
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- There were several disasters in the space program.
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We lost several astronauts,
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the Russians had lost some people, some cosmonauts in space
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and when we fly,
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we realized that there were 14 of them
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who died in the search for space
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and we thought it would be appropriate for us
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to leave some kind of memorial.
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It's not Genesis Rock, but this monument
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that gets all the attention of the American press
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and the Paul statue is part of that monument.
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- I think the idea of ??using the piece
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as a memorial to the Russians
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and Americans is wonderful.
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It may have been, as far as I can remember,
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the only thing that was set up with the two countries
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because it was such a difficult time
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between Russia and the USA
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Danny Lawler calls Paul immediately
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to tell the news.
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He explains to Paul that there are now two of his sculptures
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on the moon, Paul's space traveler in plexiglass
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and a prototype that they placed near the memorial.
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Paul writes letters of thanks to the three astronauts
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and with great expectation,
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he is looking forward to their arrival in Belgium.
528
00:32:07,567 --> 00:32:11,587
- "Are you coming to the space conference in Brussels?
529
00:32:11,587 --> 00:32:13,230
"We hope to see you there!"
530
00:32:13,230 --> 00:32:16,473
- We came to Brussels after the flight.
531
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,363
We met the king, we got a medal,
532
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,740
it was a very, very pleasant meeting.
533
00:32:23,740 --> 00:32:26,900
We had a series of NASA management with us,
534
00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:29,676
we had our flight surgeon with us.
535
00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:40,740
During lunch, Paul is informed
536
00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:44,570
that his acrylic statue was not placed on the moon.
537
00:32:44,570 --> 00:32:46,603
It wasn't even taken on the flight.
538
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:53,220
- I was at home, at our home, on the Upper East Side,
539
00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:55,757
and I got a call from my husband who said:
540
00:32:55,757 --> 00:32:59,507
"Quick, get in my drawer, my first drawer in my dressing room
541
00:32:59,507 --> 00:33:02,587
"and take the sculpture that is on the right side
542
00:33:02,587 --> 00:33:06,307
"from the top drawer and quickly take it to the gallery."
543
00:33:06,307 --> 00:33:07,690
It's all right.
544
00:33:07,690 --> 00:33:10,590
So I took the sculpture, went down the stairs,
545
00:33:10,590 --> 00:33:12,680
because we live close,
546
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,740
and took a taxi to the gallery.
547
00:33:14,740 --> 00:33:18,240
I was at 76th and the gallery at 57th.
548
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,050
and I walked and said, "Here, what's going on?"
549
00:33:21,050 --> 00:33:25,057
He said, "Well, unfortunately, the sculpture that we had
550
00:33:25,057 --> 00:33:27,197
"to take to the moon is very heavy,
551
00:33:27,197 --> 00:33:29,067
"wrapped in plastic, it's very heavy,
552
00:33:29,067 --> 00:33:33,160
"so they want one that is just a model in itself."
553
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:34,300
- [Narrator] Now it's out
554
00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:37,223
that NASA officially approved the project.
555
00:33:38,290 --> 00:33:41,513
Commander Dave Scott put a prototype on the moon,
556
00:33:42,430 --> 00:33:45,783
not as a work of art, but as part of the memorial.
557
00:33:47,140 --> 00:33:49,590
- I was sad, very sad
558
00:33:50,890 --> 00:33:53,880
because I know I did a lot
559
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:55,040
cruel works
560
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,883
and I suffer from it when I do it.
561
00:33:58,790 --> 00:34:00,930
I couldn't feel happy about it.
562
00:34:00,930 --> 00:34:05,433
I wanted to give man a future, happiness for the future.
563
00:34:13,710 --> 00:34:16,130
Paul lights up when the astronauts tell him
564
00:34:16,130 --> 00:34:18,430
that the film about his mission premiered
565
00:34:18,430 --> 00:34:20,353
in the palace of the Belgian king.
566
00:34:20,373 --> 00:34:21,316
Apollo
567
00:34:21,340 --> 00:34:24,660
The film ends with a statement by Commander Dave Scott
568
00:34:24,660 --> 00:34:26,660
on the moon sculpture.
569
00:34:26,660 --> 00:34:29,440
About 20 feet north of Rover 1,
570
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:30,803
in a small subtle crater,
571
00:34:31,816 --> 00:34:34,510
there is a simple plate with 14 names.
572
00:34:34,510 --> 00:34:36,830
And those are the names, in alphabetical order,
573
00:34:36,830 --> 00:34:39,070
of all astronauts and cosmonauts
574
00:34:39,070 --> 00:34:42,463
who died in search of space exploration.
575
00:34:43,350 --> 00:34:47,143
Next to it, a small figure representing the Fallen Astronaut.
576
00:34:49,330 --> 00:34:52,727
- And they said, "Well, we showed the moon movie
577
00:34:52,727 --> 00:34:55,687
"to the king and he was very interested"
578
00:34:57,140 --> 00:35:00,137
he saw the sculpture lying on the moon.
579
00:35:00,137 --> 00:35:04,037
"Oh," I said, "what did he say when you told him that?"
580
00:35:04,037 --> 00:35:07,193
"No," they said, "we were not allowed to say that."
581
00:35:07,193 --> 00:35:10,850
- That would have been so appropriate at that time
582
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:16,067
to say, "One of your countrymen is responsible
583
00:35:16,067 --> 00:35:17,860
"for this memorial."
584
00:35:17,860 --> 00:35:19,110
Astronauts tell Paul
585
00:35:19,110 --> 00:35:20,990
must remain secret
586
00:35:20,990 --> 00:35:23,300
that he is the creator of the sculpture
587
00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:25,810
until the Apollo program ends.
588
00:35:25,810 --> 00:35:29,110
- And I was surprised, actually,
589
00:35:29,110 --> 00:35:32,440
see that the artist was never recognized
590
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:33,460
until much later.
591
00:35:33,460 --> 00:35:35,000
I thought this was really weird.
592
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,760
- I'll never know why.
593
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,480
- I asked.
594
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,140
and Al said, "Paul, I didn't know."
595
00:35:43,140 --> 00:35:45,650
- I guess I never really thought
596
00:35:45,650 --> 00:35:48,850
that the official position on this was very good
597
00:35:48,850 --> 00:35:51,120
because I thought whoever did this
598
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,263
must get recognition for doing so.
599
00:35:54,140 --> 00:35:55,680
This is even stranger
600
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,310
because the name of the designer
601
00:35:57,310 --> 00:36:00,233
of the Apollo 15 emblem has been made public.
602
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,410
- Yes, that's a good argument, because this is another artist
603
00:36:07,650 --> 00:36:11,430
who helped us do something for our flight
604
00:36:11,430 --> 00:36:13,880
and that would be Emilio Pucci.
605
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,020
But we tell everyone from the first day
606
00:36:16,020 --> 00:36:19,313
that Emilio Pucci was the guy who did this for us.
607
00:36:23,050 --> 00:36:27,120
- I saw Paul after the piece was placed on the moon
608
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,060
because we were still discussing the possibility
609
00:36:30,060 --> 00:36:31,970
of the various editions
610
00:36:31,970 --> 00:36:34,963
and he was still in New York at the time.
611
00:36:37,650 --> 00:36:40,113
Paul wonders how to proceed.
612
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,030
The message for the future that Paul intended to spread
613
00:36:44,030 --> 00:36:47,550
with his work of art on the moon evaporated
614
00:36:47,550 --> 00:36:50,893
and is now represented as a death memorial.
615
00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:54,660
And as long as they can't reveal
616
00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:56,970
that Paul created the sculpture,
617
00:36:56,970 --> 00:36:59,643
they cannot place the replicas on the market.
618
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,920
But then, Paul receives a letter from Dave Scott,
619
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,140
saying that the Smithsonian Institution
620
00:37:07,140 --> 00:37:08,933
wants a replica of the monument.
621
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,920
The request comes from Michael Collins
622
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,363
who is now the director of the Air and Space Museum.
623
00:37:19,110 --> 00:37:22,420
Paul immediately makes the commitment.
624
00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:24,580
This is your chance to make it public
625
00:37:24,580 --> 00:37:27,013
that he is the creator of the sculpture.
626
00:37:31,460 --> 00:37:35,450
Paul informs Scott that he intends to deliver the replica
627
00:37:35,450 --> 00:37:37,523
to the Smithsonian personally.
628
00:37:40,380 --> 00:37:42,100
Dave Scott now realizes
629
00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:44,870
that Paul will come out of anonymity
630
00:37:44,870 --> 00:37:48,084
and he adamantly tries to avoid it.
631
00:37:56,670 --> 00:38:00,010
Meanwhile, Bruce Gitlin, is working on a series
632
00:38:00,010 --> 00:38:04,480
of 950 sculptures for sale.
633
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:05,920
- And we were making the tools
634
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,790
and the molds to move forward with that
635
00:38:08,790 --> 00:38:13,050
when NASA somehow heard this and called me
636
00:38:13,050 --> 00:38:15,740
and demanded that I stop immediately
637
00:38:15,740 --> 00:38:19,037
and cease and give up any other work, they called,
638
00:38:19,037 --> 00:38:20,577
"On the moon the man's project."
639
00:38:22,230 --> 00:38:26,860
So I stopped and gave up as fast as I could.
640
00:38:26,860 --> 00:38:30,623
It was a kind of really threatening and scary call.
641
00:38:33,190 --> 00:38:34,450
Shortly after that,
642
00:38:34,450 --> 00:38:37,690
we were called by the Smithsonian Institute
643
00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:40,380
who asked us if they could have a replica
644
00:38:40,380 --> 00:38:42,310
of "Fallen Astronaut"
645
00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:45,430
At that point, I said to them, "Absolutely not."
646
00:38:45,430 --> 00:38:46,997
They said,
647
00:38:46,997 --> 00:38:50,257
"Why not, we are the museum of the people of America?
648
00:38:50,257 --> 00:38:52,780
"We should have one of those."
649
00:38:52,780 --> 00:38:56,947
And I replied that: "If you got permission from NASA
650
00:38:56,947 --> 00:39:01,067
"to allow me to do it, then I will produce one for you."
651
00:39:01,067 --> 00:39:01,900
But now,
652
00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:05,160
Dick Waddell decides to bring the press.
653
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,413
He contacts Walter Cronkite.
654
00:39:08,350 --> 00:39:11,570
Waddell offers him the opportunity to introduce Paul
655
00:39:11,570 --> 00:39:15,443
like the artist who created the first work of art on the moon.
656
00:39:17,250 --> 00:39:20,260
- Paul Van Hoeydonck then went to Florida
657
00:39:20,260 --> 00:39:22,710
to be interviewed by Walter Cronkite
658
00:39:22,710 --> 00:39:25,380
and it was when he went, it was very exciting.
659
00:39:25,380 --> 00:39:29,223
You know, Walter Cronkite, the main honoree.
660
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:34,280
Once again, Dave Scott is strongly opposed.
661
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:38,510
Scott doesn't want any advertising focused on sculpture,
662
00:39:38,510 --> 00:39:41,353
as for him, it is part of the memorial.
663
00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:44,200
Scott did everything he could.
664
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,380
He wrote letters, called, which I wouldn't do,
665
00:39:47,380 --> 00:39:48,500
that interview.
666
00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:51,770
I said, "My God, I'm tired and sick of it."
667
00:39:51,770 --> 00:39:54,410
People started to think that I am a liar.
668
00:39:54,410 --> 00:39:55,680
third time
669
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,340
Paul participates in the launch of an Apollo mission.
670
00:39:58,340 --> 00:40:01,250
After Apollo 6 and 12,
671
00:40:01,250 --> 00:40:04,960
he witnesses the launch of Apollo 16.
672
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,830
Immediately afterwards, he is interviewed.
673
00:40:07,830 --> 00:40:11,220
Walter Cronkite presents Paul Van Hoeydonck
674
00:40:11,220 --> 00:40:15,683
as the artist of the first work of art on the moon.
675
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,470
The day after the interview,
676
00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:32,473
Paul delivers his sculpture to Michael Collins.
677
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,700
New York photographer Bob Otter
678
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:39,260
takes promotional photos of Paul
679
00:40:39,260 --> 00:40:41,750
and his first art on the moon.
680
00:40:41,750 --> 00:40:44,580
- And this is clearly taken from that deck
681
00:40:44,580 --> 00:40:46,710
because you could literally feel
682
00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:48,230
you can play at the Empire State Building,
683
00:40:48,230 --> 00:40:49,960
that you can see in this photo.
684
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:53,953
And it�s Paul holding the figurine and it�s a classic photo.
685
00:40:56,110 --> 00:40:58,260
Canadian filmmaker Dennis Miller,
686
00:40:58,260 --> 00:41:01,503
was hired to make a film about Paul and his space art.
687
00:41:03,410 --> 00:41:06,750
And the Waddell Gallery opens a great exhibition
688
00:41:06,750 --> 00:41:09,883
dedicate to Paul Van Hoeydonck's space art career.
689
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:14,113
The highlight is his sculpture on the moon.
690
00:41:15,130 --> 00:41:18,570
But the New York art world is envious.
691
00:41:18,570 --> 00:41:21,130
- I could imagine that easily, yes, of course.
692
00:41:21,130 --> 00:41:24,310
A European brings something on the moon through the Americans,
693
00:41:24,310 --> 00:41:25,610
Yes, they would be jealous.
694
00:41:25,610 --> 00:41:29,253
I mean, they were jealous when the artists came to stay here.
695
00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:33,713
- I mean, and then, it's a big world out there.
696
00:41:33,713 --> 00:41:34,960
It's perfect that it's someone
697
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,270
from another country, you know?
698
00:41:37,270 --> 00:41:40,463
I mean, Belgian, what do you know,
699
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,170
the moon does not belong to America.
700
00:41:44,170 --> 00:41:47,030
- But I'm sure there was jealousy, of course.
701
00:41:47,030 --> 00:41:49,017
It's like, "Why not me?"
702
00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:53,190
As the Waddell Gallery prepares
703
00:41:53,190 --> 00:41:54,820
for selling the replicas,
704
00:41:54,820 --> 00:41:58,330
a scandal breaks out over the smuggling of postal covers
705
00:41:58,330 --> 00:42:00,940
by the Apollo 15 crew.
706
00:42:00,940 --> 00:42:03,570
- And he presented this idea to us
707
00:42:03,570 --> 00:42:06,260
that we carry 100 postal covers
708
00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:09,820
for a German stamp dealer in Stuttgart
709
00:42:09,820 --> 00:42:11,623
and Dave was in favor of that.
710
00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:14,280
In fact, he was the one who introduced us
711
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,590
and took us to dinner that night,
712
00:42:16,590 --> 00:42:19,080
but I thought NASA approved us
713
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:20,360
taking them on the flight.
714
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:21,750
Well, what we found, of course,
715
00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:23,750
was that they were never in the manifest
716
00:42:25,350 --> 00:42:27,990
and Dave Scott not only had
717
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,090
the 100 covers made,
718
00:42:31,090 --> 00:42:33,930
but he had 300 more manufactured and he carried them in his pocket
719
00:42:33,930 --> 00:42:35,680
and never put them in the manifest.
720
00:42:37,255 --> 00:42:39,875
So that was the kind of genesis of the whole problem
721
00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:41,220
with the covers.
722
00:42:41,220 --> 00:42:43,950
A few days after the scandal was released,
723
00:42:43,950 --> 00:42:46,810
the ads appear offering the replicas
724
00:42:46,810 --> 00:42:50,067
of sculpture as "First art on the moon".
725
00:42:51,500 --> 00:42:54,460
- And suddenly they were attacking Dick Waddell,
726
00:42:54,460 --> 00:42:56,887
my dealer and me because they said,
727
00:42:56,887 --> 00:43:00,010
"They wanted to make money from that sculpture on the moon."
728
00:43:00,010 --> 00:43:02,210
Although Paul never intended his sculpture
729
00:43:02,210 --> 00:43:04,000
be part of the memorial,
730
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,123
now he is accused of serious assault.
731
00:43:09,127 --> 00:43:14,127
- Paul was being harassed by the US government, which,
732
00:43:15,870 --> 00:43:18,300
basically turned against him
733
00:43:18,300 --> 00:43:21,950
for doing something that was not approved by NASA
734
00:43:21,950 --> 00:43:24,500
and he then left the country.
735
00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:25,333
- My lawyer said:
736
00:43:25,333 --> 00:43:27,123
"Paul, make your lunch, go back to Belgium."
737
00:43:27,123 --> 00:43:29,281
I said, "Why didn't I do that?"
738
00:43:29,281 --> 00:43:31,537
He said, "You know, pay attention,
739
00:43:31,537 --> 00:43:33,883
"when you enter the state in a prison,
740
00:43:35,597 --> 00:43:36,947
"you have to get out of this.
741
00:43:37,819 --> 00:43:42,247
"So you walk away and I say when you can come back."
742
00:43:44,523 --> 00:43:46,350
Harry Torczyner, the lawyer
743
00:43:46,350 --> 00:43:49,980
who ten years earlier had advised Paul to come to the USA,
744
00:43:49,980 --> 00:43:53,548
now send him out of the country, back to Belgium.
745
00:43:56,610 --> 00:43:58,880
Due to the case of postal cover,
746
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:00,380
astronauts are summoned
747
00:44:00,380 --> 00:44:03,433
appear before a Special Senate Committee.
748
00:44:04,330 --> 00:44:06,310
The committee also wants to know more
749
00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:07,960
about the "Fallen Astronaut"
750
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,703
and unexpectedly, Paul receives visitors in Belgium.
751
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,760
- They were part of the detectives
752
00:44:17,820 --> 00:44:18,653
in service
753
00:44:19,660 --> 00:44:20,693
from NASA,
754
00:44:21,860 --> 00:44:26,013
although I think they were in the service of the FBI,
755
00:44:27,180 --> 00:44:29,573
but they came especially to interview me.
756
00:44:30,860 --> 00:44:33,273
We were a scandal in America, why?
757
00:44:34,740 --> 00:44:36,650
- It was a very negative moment,
758
00:44:36,650 --> 00:44:39,860
so I didn't want to have a negative ending
759
00:44:39,860 --> 00:44:42,833
to such a glorious achievement.
760
00:44:43,671 --> 00:44:45,570
- One of the local newspapers
761
00:44:45,570 --> 00:44:48,810
on Long Island, it was on the front page,
762
00:44:48,810 --> 00:44:50,790
but I was showing the photo
763
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,420
and I believe I was also talking
764
00:44:54,420 --> 00:44:57,493
about astronauts being expelled from the space program.
765
00:45:03,690 --> 00:45:07,670
- And we were all punished and sent away and surprisingly,
766
00:45:07,670 --> 00:45:11,790
the only guy from the three of us who didn't get fired
767
00:45:11,790 --> 00:45:14,250
and said to leave Houston was Dave Scott
768
00:45:15,500 --> 00:45:17,050
and I never understood that.
769
00:45:17,910 --> 00:45:21,410
He was the guy who created all these things,
770
00:45:21,410 --> 00:45:26,183
did it all on his own, just let Jim and me know later,
771
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:29,220
and yet he was the one who stayed in Houston.
772
00:45:29,220 --> 00:45:30,693
So I never understood that.
773
00:45:37,430 --> 00:45:39,250
The Senate investigation show
774
00:45:39,250 --> 00:45:42,170
that NASA had discovered several irregularities
775
00:45:42,170 --> 00:45:44,163
during the Apollo 15 mission.
776
00:45:45,260 --> 00:45:47,930
Maybe that's why Dave Scott wanted the creator
777
00:45:47,930 --> 00:45:51,240
of the "Fallen Astronaut" to remain unknown.
778
00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:54,600
Dave had a lot of problems hanging over his head.
779
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:55,780
One was the postal cover,
780
00:45:55,780 --> 00:45:59,613
that he didn't even tell Jim and me what was going on there,
781
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,520
two Bulova watches that he carried
782
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:06,370
that were never listed in the manifest,
783
00:46:06,370 --> 00:46:07,490
the "Fallen Astronaut"
784
00:46:07,490 --> 00:46:10,430
and I could see Dave looking at this
785
00:46:10,430 --> 00:46:11,764
and saying, "Oh, you know,
786
00:46:11,764 --> 00:46:14,607
"if it becomes a big thing,
787
00:46:14,607 --> 00:46:16,767
"with" Fallen Astronaut,
788
00:46:16,767 --> 00:46:19,147
"someone will find out about Bulova watches,
789
00:46:19,147 --> 00:46:20,007
"they will discover the covers,
790
00:46:20,007 --> 00:46:22,417
"will discover all this,
791
00:46:22,417 --> 00:46:24,447
"you know, i'm going to have a big problem."
792
00:46:25,300 --> 00:46:26,670
Paul Van Hoeydonck decides
793
00:46:26,670 --> 00:46:29,553
to stop selling his first art on the moon.
794
00:46:31,790 --> 00:46:34,340
To complete his adventure, he travels to Italy
795
00:46:34,340 --> 00:46:36,580
and plays a replica of his sculpture
796
00:46:36,580 --> 00:46:38,613
in the Vesuvius crater.
797
00:46:41,021 --> 00:46:44,241
And that finally ends the moon project.
798
00:47:15,234 --> 00:47:16,810
Paul is 90 years old now,
799
00:47:16,810 --> 00:47:20,163
but he still works on his space art every day.
800
00:47:23,110 --> 00:47:26,790
As always, trash and found objects form the basis
801
00:47:26,790 --> 00:47:28,413
for their work on the future.
802
00:47:30,940 --> 00:47:33,683
His second wife, Marleen, fully supports him.
803
00:47:34,610 --> 00:47:38,140
She managed to help Paul to look back in a positive way
804
00:47:38,140 --> 00:47:42,685
in this unlikely adventure of his sculpture on the moon.
805
00:48:16,110 --> 00:48:19,410
When the Smithsonian Institution, in 2013,
806
00:48:19,410 --> 00:48:23,370
invited Paul to a special event about his lunar sculpture,
807
00:48:23,370 --> 00:48:25,093
he was pleasantly surprised.
808
00:48:25,980 --> 00:48:30,330
- And now, I see that he is very happy, he is a happy man.
809
00:48:30,330 --> 00:48:34,240
And the best revenge is to be happy.
810
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:37,770
- Finally, they accepted him as a creator,
811
00:48:37,770 --> 00:48:40,570
as the artist who made the "Fallen Astronaut"
812
00:48:40,570 --> 00:48:43,163
and that they were proud of it.
813
00:48:43,163 --> 00:48:45,260
- I think it was, in a way,
814
00:48:45,260 --> 00:48:48,450
as the crowning of a part of his career.
815
00:48:48,450 --> 00:48:50,700
Because as he and I discussed
816
00:48:50,700 --> 00:48:53,953
when I spent some time with him, alone, he and me,
817
00:48:55,390 --> 00:48:57,170
that he believes, and I agree,
818
00:48:57,170 --> 00:49:00,190
now he is at the forefront of Belgian artists
819
00:49:00,190 --> 00:49:01,510
and it took a long time
820
00:49:01,510 --> 00:49:03,820
and a lot of hard work to get there.
821
00:49:03,820 --> 00:49:04,653
AND
822
00:49:06,130 --> 00:49:08,020
I think he was proud and happy
823
00:49:08,020 --> 00:49:09,820
and we are proud and happy for him.
824
00:49:11,250 --> 00:49:13,080
- Being invited by the Smithsonian,
825
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,213
which is a great honor in America,
826
00:49:17,150 --> 00:49:17,983
almost
827
00:49:18,930 --> 00:49:19,913
an acceptance.
828
00:49:21,410 --> 00:49:23,300
This was the beginning of a period
829
00:49:23,300 --> 00:49:26,030
where Paul should return fully to the art world
830
00:49:26,030 --> 00:49:30,302
who fired him so brutally 50 years earlier.
831
00:49:34,961 --> 00:49:38,790
- Mr. Paul, Mr. Paul, okay, you're alive.
832
00:49:38,790 --> 00:49:43,633
For you, very well. - Look at you, man. (laughs)
833
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:49,060
But even more important for Paul
834
00:49:49,060 --> 00:49:51,930
was his renewed contact with Al Worden,
835
00:49:51,930 --> 00:49:54,763
the pilot of the Apollo 15 command module.
836
00:49:55,810 --> 00:49:59,570
- Here in Antwerp, we have a 90 year old
837
00:50:01,102 --> 00:50:04,910
who is an artist, who is world famous,
838
00:50:04,910 --> 00:50:06,630
who had exhibitions at the Guggenheim,
839
00:50:06,630 --> 00:50:11,630
a few months ago, and also in Berlin and Amsterdam,
840
00:50:13,470 --> 00:50:18,190
who has been speaking in Washington DC at the Smithsonian
841
00:50:18,190 --> 00:50:20,440
and above all, ladies and gentlemen,
842
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:25,440
who is the only person in human history
843
00:50:25,570 --> 00:50:30,570
who has already made a work of art that is on the moon.
844
00:50:46,694 --> 00:50:48,244
Sign here
845
00:50:48,244 --> 00:50:49,500
The artist and the astronaut
846
00:50:49,500 --> 00:50:51,770
immediately restored their friendship
847
00:50:51,770 --> 00:50:55,260
and together they can look back on an immense achievement
848
00:50:55,260 --> 00:50:57,553
in the worlds of art and space travel.
849
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:04,767
- A great monkey in New York and I did all those things.
850
00:51:05,714 --> 00:51:10,714
Oh, that's when you did that.
851
00:51:11,356 --> 00:51:13,414
Done, the great New York monkey.
852
00:51:13,414 --> 00:51:15,480
- The big monkey in New York, isn't it?
853
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:16,950
But... Think about it.
854
00:51:16,950 --> 00:51:19,065
- Does not look like you.
855
00:51:19,065 --> 00:51:21,636
- No, I don't think so, I look more like a gangster.
856
00:51:23,260 --> 00:51:24,947
So, give him my specifications.
857
00:51:29,710 --> 00:51:31,301
- Pull ---- It's really heavy.
858
00:51:31,301 --> 00:51:32,134
There is an.
859
00:51:32,134 --> 00:51:33,810
I told him that once, I did.
860
00:51:33,810 --> 00:51:37,777
Yes, I know, she gave me hell, my wife, she did.
861
00:51:37,777 --> 00:51:39,701
"Now you want to build it too.
862
00:51:40,591 --> 00:51:42,650
"He gave it to us and how dare you."
863
00:51:42,650 --> 00:51:44,919
I said, "Yes, but you told me."
864
00:52:14,050 --> 00:52:16,230
- To be, at the time,
865
00:52:16,230 --> 00:52:19,310
The only
866
00:52:19,310 --> 00:52:23,570
in outer space, as far as we know, it was an absolute emotion.
867
00:52:23,570 --> 00:52:24,980
It's historic
868
00:52:24,980 --> 00:52:25,813
and
869
00:52:27,050 --> 00:52:28,710
is part of playing a role
870
00:52:28,710 --> 00:52:32,133
in humans leaving the planet.
871
00:52:35,452 --> 00:52:38,470
I don't know, I...
872
00:52:38,470 --> 00:52:41,620
you know, it's just part of my life.
873
00:52:41,620 --> 00:52:44,800
It has been part of my life for so many years.
874
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:46,440
I think it's great that there's something
875
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,920
this is so iconic on the moon.
876
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:53,920
This is not so general to represent humanity.
877
00:52:53,930 --> 00:52:58,530
I mean, that's what I like is that it's generic.
878
00:52:58,530 --> 00:53:00,050
Half a century ago,
879
00:53:00,050 --> 00:53:01,780
Paul Van Hoeydonck had a dream
880
00:53:05,460 --> 00:53:08,220
and that dream came true.
881
00:53:08,220 --> 00:53:09,453
- The universe is round.
882
00:53:10,990 --> 00:53:13,233
It doesn't start, it doesn't end,
883
00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:16,687
there is no beginning, there is no end.
884
00:53:20,088 --> 00:53:21,088
Apollo 15 commander David Scott declined
to be interviewed for this documentary.
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