This was always a tough read, and the best speech never given, thankfully.
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Reminds all of us what extraordinary risk these men were taking and what heroism is all about.
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Thank God it was never needed
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The faulty ignition switch in LEM almost made this speech necessary. A ball point pen saved the day.
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Powerful unspoken words
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Wasn't his contingency plan to blame
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Brings back just how selfless they were to go on this mission...for science and the world.
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Read about the Apollo contingency message. A reminder of the great risks our astronauts took and what true heroism is all about.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Chilling. It could have ended that way.
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Mission Control would've had wives patched into comm until LOS w/LM1, oxygen gone or cyanide taken. Mike Collins return alone to earth
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The New York Daily News also had a special edition moon disaster front page ready in the event the ascent engine didn't fire.
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Wow, this is incredible. After the horror/chaos of the 1960s, I imagine that such a tragedy would've seemed strangely logical/inevitable
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Such amazing prose by Safire. What a gift.
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Today, there'd be hysteria over calling it "Mother Earth." What a writer, that Safire.
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Who wrote that?
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William Safire!!
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That'll make an interesting alt-history film one day.
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Creepy part: "after NASA ends communications?" Does this mean we'd just cut them loose to die alone in silence?
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