The July day in 1969 when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the rest of the Apollo 11 crew made it to the moon was a day of celebration in American - and world - history. But what if things hadn't gone as smoothly as they did? Below is the eerie speech President Nixon would have read had the astronauts become stranded on the moon.
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The speech was written by conservative columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner William Safire, who sadly passed away from pancreatic cancer on Sunday at the age of 79. May he rest in peace.
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via Gawker
