I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful,

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand,

Research is creating new knowledge.

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine

If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.