Romney drunk texting tribute to Neil Armstrong

[WallaceRitchie]

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Sure sounds a lot like....

"Good morning, Starshine! The Earth says 'Hello'!"

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[rurallib]

1. Armstrong joins the hall of heroes today? - Uh, Mitt, I hate to tell you but

40+ years ago Armstrong did this really cool thing ...............................

[_Liann_]

2. Remind everybody how fraudulent the Mormon Profits, er, Prophets are, because RMoney is that too

[beac]

4. Nice find and

WELCOME to DU!

[joshcryer]

3. It's a play on Nixon's "undelievered Apollo 11 speech."

I wouldn't mock this as they thought about it carefully before posting it (rearranging the words a bit).

http://watergate.info/1969/07/20/an-undelivered-nixon-speech.html

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.

Change 'men' to 'man' and 'sons' to 'son' and you got a nice memorial for Armstrong. It'll be read a lot in the coming days.

[longship]

5. What would Nixon have said if a CME* hit Apollo 11 on the moon?

*CME = Coronal Mass Ejection - A solar flare of rather immense scale that sends a huge mass of lethal particles into the solar system.

NB, I have heard that this letter exists years ago, but this is the first time I have read it. It was to be delivered by the president in the case that the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded, or killed, on the moon. A CME would likely kill the electronics on the lander and the Apollo mothership, rendering them inoperable, even if the astronauts survived, which would be doubtful.