Neil Armstrong and the Eulogy Nixon Never Delivered

Two links to mark the passing of Neil Armstrong: the video most have already seen of the first Moon landing, and the text most have not seen, prepared for President Nixon by William Safire, to be delivered in the event that the mission went wrong Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were stranded.

Added: The New York Times' report of the Apollo 11 landing.

UPDATE: There seems to be some confusion about who Neil Armstrong is, from youngsters born after people stopped going to the moon, to the vaunted layers of editors and factcheckers of the mainstream media. As a public service, I'll try to clear up the confusion:


NBC thinks all Neils look the same:

And the kids on Twitter have no idea who this Armstrong character is, unless maybe he's that Tour de France guy:

So here we go, for the MSM and the kiddies:

Not Neil Armstrong

Not Neil Armstrong

Not Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Not Neil Armstrong