“No mercy. Stu Roosa and Charlie Duke killed a six-foot-long rattlesnake on the track behind the simulator building at the Cape, cut off its head and planned a major league gotcha…

Just as I reached for the telephone, I caught sight of the curled, scaly monster and my fucking heart stopped. I came out of the chair like I had a rocket up my butt, and slammed flat against the wall clear on the other side of the room, staring wildly at that big damned snake. Sonofabitch!”

I don’t believe it. These two guys look so sweet and innocent, they would never do stuff like that.