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LIFE Magazine decided
to buy the rights to the personal stories of the astronauts. And they paid what at the time
was a colossal sum, five hundred thousand dollars
for three years to the seven men. It came out to about 25 thousand dollars
per family per year for three years, and for families that were,
had been used to making eight or nine thousand
it was a lot of money. We knew there would be
a lot of press attention, but none of us realized that, uh,
we were going to lose anonymity. Time Life painted us as boy scouts
and we were all American heroes, and that was fine
to buy the rights to the personal stories of the astronauts. And they paid what at the time
was a colossal sum, five hundred thousand dollars
for three years to the seven men. It came out to about 25 thousand dollars
per family per year for three years, and for families that were,
had been used to making eight or nine thousand
it was a lot of money. We knew there would be
a lot of press attention, but none of us realized that, uh,
we were going to lose anonymity. Time Life painted us as boy scouts
and we were all American heroes, and that was fine
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LIFE Magazine decided
to buy the rights
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to the personal stories of the astronauts.
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And they paid what at the time
was a colossal sum,
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five hundred thousand dollars
for three years to the seven men.
00:00:13.554 --> 00:00:17.558
It came out to about 25 thousand dollars
per family per year for three years,
00:00:17.683 --> 00:00:19.661
and for families that were,
had been used to making
00:00:19.685 --> 00:00:21.052
eight or nine thousand
it was a lot of money.
00:00:23.356 --> 00:00:25.858
We knew there would be
a lot of press attention,
00:00:26.651 --> 00:00:31.656
but none of us realized that, uh,
we were going to lose anonymity.
00:00:32.114 --> 00:00:36.535
Time Life painted us as boy scouts
and we were all American heroes,
00:00:37.245 --> 00:00:38.788
and that was fine.
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Movie Summary
Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
