She would be right and that's why he's been keeping his voice low. According to the papers, they got 8 years before the first moonwalk. But the first man in space... that's going to be Russia, this year. Obviously, he doesn't want them to think he's with that team.

That's also why he's keeping his voice low again. "Yeah, as in, the one I was living before someone snatched me up and brought me here. I'm assuming you're the same?" If he's wrong about this, well, he'll cross that bridge when he comes to it.