Joe Cunningham: “Well, I have a better picture of Wally. Because General Yeager and myself and Wally Schirra had a satellite feed that…”

“Well, I have a better picture of Wally. Because General Yeager and myself and Wally Schirra had a satellite feed that one of the television systems set up, and we were piped in basically into high schools across the United States, where young people interested in aviation could call in and ask General Yeager, Wally or myself questions. I did not get many questions. They wanted to talk to Wally and General Yeager. One young man called in and said, ``Mr. Schirra, when you flew Apollo, were you afraid?'' And Wally looked into the camera and he said, ``Son, you're sitting there in Apollo, an aircraft with a million moving parts, all of them put there by the lowest bidder. Do you think I had any reason for concern?'' But that, again, like when Joe Foss talked to the 8-year-old or Wally Schirra relates to children, they never forget where their roots came from and they speak to the youth to get them interested in math and science and aviation and spacecraft. It has been an honor for me just to walk among these men. I am an American, I am a man, but I walk among heroes.”