This is Nixon’s speech had Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin died on the moon. Thankfully they made it and become the first the walk on the moon.
An Undelivered Nixon Speech
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. The following speech, revealed in 1999, was prepared by Nixon’s then speechwriter, William Safire, to be used in the event of a disaster that would maroon the astronauts on the moon:
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.
These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.
They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.
In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man.
In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.
Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man’s search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.
For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind. (Source: Watergate.info)
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Mary New York 27/05/09 Wednesday Hr: 19:14
by Mary (May 28, 2009 at 6 AM)This was a great addition to help my grandaughter, Jolie Boyd, and her classmate Abbey Simmons, to convey the dangers that faced the astronauts. They are doing a report on “risk takers; the pros and cons”. They chose Neil Armstrong. Knowing that there was a possibility that the Apollo 11 mission might fail, and that Nixon had even had a speech written in the event… well, that says it all. Thanks! HB
by Helen Hill Boyd (Sep 27, 2010 at 4 AM)Actually , as you can see here, Helen:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/04/08/134597833/cosmonaut-crashed-into-earth-crying-in-rage
The letter was written by Bill Safire, not Nixon himself.
But the Nixon White House.
I only posted this because I want any misunderstanding surrounding these subjects to vanish.
by Yezpahr (Apr 14, 2011 at 1 AM)Do you happen to kniow the answer to two questions? 1) Did the Apollo 11 astronauts take with them some kind of “suicide pill” to take in case they were marooned on the moon without hope of rescue? and 2) was the command module that was orbiting the moon capable of returning to earth without the lunar lander, if for some reason the lander could not escape the moon?
by David Brownlee (Jan 28, 2012 at 6 AM)Thanks, Dave