rank borman is and was a patriot. frank borman trained to be a fighter pilot. he went to west point. he joined the air force. he wanted to fight in korea. to him this was his country needed. he was ready to fight. he was granted for about a year due to a burst eardrum. his window of opportunity passed to fight in korea, and when this opportunity to be an astronaut and to fly this improbable mission was presented to him, he knew that this was his chance to fight a very important battle n the cold war, to go out to win and to come home. for him it was a mission. all three guys knew about the ethical nature of the mission. he knew that this was a mission there were fly not for nasa, not just for america, but for the species at large. they're going to make us homo sapiens a two world species. they were unaware that, but they all came to it with different personal agendas. >> that's brought up nicely in their mission patch defined by jim lovell, that sort of encompassing drawing things together, trying to earth and an the closer together by having people go there. l