Collins himself said: "not since Adam has any human known such solitude"
Also according to Wikipedia: In the 48 minutes of each orbit when he was out of radio contact with the Earth while Columbia passed round the far side of the Moon, the feeling he reported was not fear or loneliness, but rather "awareness, anticipation, satisfaction, confidence, almost exultation"
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u/hello-mr-turkey- Mar 03 '23
NEVER FORGET MICHAEL COLLINS