All these years later, I can't believe he's still up there.

這些年以來，我簡直不敢相信他還在那裡。

My man on the moon.

在月球上的他。

(slow piano music)

(緩慢的鋼琴音樂)

Eugene and I were married 46 years.

尤金和我結婚了 46 年。

I first met Eugene when he was studying geology at Princeton.

我初次和尤金見面是他在普林斯頓大學讀地質學時。

He would tell me about all the secrets the Earth held.

他都會跟我談到地球的奧妙。

And of course his favorite, those impact craters.

當然，還有他最感興趣的撞擊坑。

Soon enough, he got me to fall in love with those rocks, too.

過不久，他也讓我愛上那些岩石。

After the kids had grown and were out of the house, I was looking for something to do and Eugene suggested maybe I would like to see things through the telescope.

孩子們長大離開家裡後，我正在找事情做時，尤金建議或許我會想透過望遠鏡看天體。

We spent our days holed up in Lowell Observatory.

我們經常待在羅威爾天文台。

[Man] I believe that this nation-

[電視中的人] 我相信這個國家－

When Kennedy announced that they were going to send a man to the moon, Eugene was terribly excited.

當甘迺迪宣布他們打算派一個人登陸月球時，尤金非常興奮。

Eugene wanted to go to the moon more than anything else.

月球是尤金一直嚮往去的地方。

Then, he got the medical test.

後來，他去健康檢查。

Addison's Disease.

愛迪生氏症。

His immune system wasn't protecting him the way it needed to.

他的免疫系統無法保護他。

They couldn't risk him leaving Earth.

他們不能冒險讓他離開地球。

He felt like his goal had suddenly disappeared.

他當時覺得自己的目標突然消失了。

At the same time he was not a quitter.

同時，他也不是會輕易放棄的人。

He set up his own mock lunar site and trained Neil Armstrong and the rest of the boys before they took off.

他建立了自己的模擬登月地點並訓練了尼爾．阿姆斯壯和其他男孩，然後他們才去了。

Our focus changed over the years from looking up at the moon and looking at the sky to how the Earth was formed.

多年來，我們的目標從抬頭看月亮和天空到研究地球是如何形成的。

We packed up and criss-crossed Australia looking for signs of impact craters.

我們收拾了行李，穿越澳大利亞，尋找撞擊坑的跡象。

On the day of the accident, we were just looking off in the distance, talking about how much fun we were having.

在事故發生的那一天，我們看著遠方，聊著我們有多歡樂。

And then suddenly, there appeared a Land Rover in front of us.

突然間，在我們面前出現了一輛路虎。

There was no time to think.

沒有任何時間思考。

The two vehicles collided.

兩輛車相撞了。

And Eugene died.

尤金過世了。

I had a call while I was in the hospital.

我在醫院時接到一通電話。

He said they're about to send a mission up to the moon.

他說，他們即將向月球發送任務。

I wonder if you would like to put Eugene's ashes on the moon, and so I said I think that would be wonderful.

「我想知道你是否願意將尤金的骨灰放在月球上」，所以我說「那太好了。」

The whole family was there to wave Eugene goodbye.

全家人都向尤金道別。

After the mission was completed, it ran out of fuel and it crashed into the moon.

任務完成後，它的燃料耗盡，墜入月球。

And that's where Eugene's ashes are now.

那就是尤金的骨灰所在的地方。

Suddenly, the man who spent his whole life studying craters had made his own impact.

突然間，終生研究環形山的人用自己的方式影響了月球。

I miss him always, but to this day I can look up at the moon and imagine him there with his rocks looking down at me.

我一直都會很想他，但是直到今天，我仍然可以抬頭仰望月球，然後想像他在那裡，和他的岩石低頭看著我。

He still lights up every single one of my night skies.

他仍然照亮我的夜空。