Weirder election than Battlestar Galactica's
"Scott Schuckert" wrote in message
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Finally, something other than semantic wrangling! Completely wrong, of
course. Kennedy was elected in 1960, and died in office in 1963. The
"Armstrong and Aldrin" landing took place in 1969, well after Kennedy's
death. Duh.
He's referring to Nixon.
The reality is that NASA had lunar concepts, Von Braun had lunar
dreams... but it was Kennedys force of personality that bulled Congress
into paying for it. (Or shamed. The politicos would have trouble
explaining whey they'd refused to fund something the President had
promised)
The point is Kennedy did not initiate the Apollo program.
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