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RM Mentock

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Feb 18, 2001, 6:37:14 AM2/18/01
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Nixon's speech on the death of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin:
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:VIEWPOINT5/1:VIEWPOINT5071799.html
http://www.therecordonline.com/op-ed/moon0719990712.htm

William Safire is one of my heroes. Nevermind that I think he's
wrong

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RM Mentock

One person's misteak is another person's
meatloaf. -- Willy Dialetheian
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D.F. Manno

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Feb 18, 2001, 8:38:57 PM2/18/01
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In article <3A8FB3EA...@mindspring.com>, RM Mentock
<men...@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Nixon's speech on the death of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin:

<URLs snipped>

> William Safire is one of my heroes. Nevermind that I think he's
> wrong

Would you mind explaining that? How was he wrong about preparing for the
possibility that the astronauts might not return?
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D.F. Manno
domm...@netscape.net
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
-- "Free Will," Rush

RM Mentock

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Feb 18, 2001, 4:16:06 PM2/18/01
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"D.F. Manno" wrote:
>
> In article <3A8FB3EA...@mindspring.com>, RM Mentock
> <men...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > Nixon's speech on the death of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin:
>
> <URLs snipped>
>
> > William Safire is one of my heroes. Nevermind that I think he's
> > wrong
>
> Would you mind explaining that? How was he wrong about preparing for the
> possibility that the astronauts might not return?

Not that he was wrong for preparing for that possibility. That
he was wrong about a lot of things. IMHO

AlanKngsly

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Feb 19, 2001, 3:45:59 AM2/19/01
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In article <RO_j6.805$Jk7....@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, "D.F. Manno"
<domm...@netscape.net> writes:

>> William Safire is one of my heroes. Nevermind that I think he's
>> wrong
>
>Would you mind explaining that? How was he wrong about preparing for the
>possibility that the astronauts might not return?

I didn't use the URLs (I read offline), but I remember hearing about this. I
thought it was pretty horrible to cut off communication with the astronauts.
If that was their choice, so be it. But the policy should have been to keep
up communication with them as long as they wished to.

Alan

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