Link: gawker.com
Politics Buzz This is the speech that William Safire wrote for Nixon, had the Apollo 11 mission gone horribly wrong. It's a great speech, but creeps me out thinking that they could have actually been stranded on the moon, that's terrifying. (via Veronica)
Link: gawker.com
and on to Mars!
“Widows-to-be.” Blech.
Wow, Michael Collins doesn't even get mentioned.
It really helps to see these things to remember that these guys really didn't have any idea what would happen once that rocket was ignited. To risk getting stranded on the moon forever, just to play a part in the story of human progress…amazing.
Wow. That just sent a shiver up my spine. Even knowing that it didn't happen and that they had to prepare for such eventualities, it's startling to think how easily it *could* have happened. Those men truly were incredibly brave heroes.
That would really have sucked for Mr. Gorsky. So to speak.
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