| Group 3 |
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| David Scott 1st |
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| Gene Cernan 2nd |
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| Michael Collins 3rd |
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| Alan Bean 4th |
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| Buzz Aldrin 5th |
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| Charlie Bassett 6th |
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| Richard Gordon 7th |
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| Russell Schweickart 8th |
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| C.C.Williams 9th |
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| Most artistic of the moonwalkers. |
| Hit bottom after Apollo 11, then rose to promote his space dreams |
| Because he still can't quite believe his luck |
| For wanting so badly to go back, and for having the nerve to drive a Lunar Rover in London traffic. |
| For all the torment he has endured since returning. At least his name is well known, how many kids would have bought 'Neil Lightyear'? |
| Understood the importance of scientific aspects of Apollo, set high standards for J-series missions, great performance on Gemini 8 and Apollo 9. |
| Very determined, very competent; who else (except Lovell) would have deserved an out of the rotation CDR job on a lunar landing mission? Performed extremely well. |
| Not only very cool, but rather very competent in both flying and science. Apollo 15 marked a very high point. |
| Not only superb in doing his job but also in writing on it. He was one of those who were 'Carrying The Fire'. |
| Ice cool in Gemini 8 and the Apollo Project's greatest moment with Apollo 15. |
| I'd find his passion and enthusiasm infectious. |
| He was the second man on the moon and did carry the job off well. I felt sorry for his problems upon returning to Earth, but my reason for including him is that he appears (in my mind) to have done more in the past decade than any other astronaut to keeping the Apollo era alive in the public's mind. It appears that he's put his demons well behind him and his public support of space is worth a lot to me. |
| I think Michael did a great job in Gemini and an even better job in Apollo. From all accounts he was/is a class act. During Apollo 11 when all the 'grown-ups' were talking about Buzz and Neil, I would always remind them about the third man up there alone in the Command Module. His book 'Carrying The Fire' is bar none the best book on the space program, and you can just feel his emotion in it. |
| Scott, based soley upon his abilities to do the job best. |
| The uncomplaining workhorse. Underrated and ignored for a long time until he got his shot and showed how good he was. His Skylab mission was first rate. |
| Led the way in science and commanded perhaps the most successful mission scientifically. |
| Good performance, and wrote the best book of any astronaut. |
| An artist and astronaut, not a bad mix at all. Good counterbalance to 'jock' astronauts. |
| For his orbital mathematics and EVA improvements. |
| A true commander, Apollo 15 was all the better for having him onboard. |
| The all-American fly-boy with a ready smile and an emotive description of his time on the moon. |
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| Bill Anders 10th |
| Donn Eisele 11th |
| Roger Chaffee 12th |
| Walt Cunningham / Ted Freeman joint 13th |
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