He flew the X-15 hypersonic research plane and commanded the Gemini 8 mission. The Charles Lindbergh of the later 20th Century. This 'yote watched him go down the ladder to the lunar surface.
The Chinese told him to watchout for a maiden named Chongo. She was banished to the Moon for stealing the pill of immortality. She could be found with a giant rabbit standing on his hind legs in the shade of a cinnamon tree.