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Robert Juliano wrote:
Minsie's just ****ed off that a supposedly liberal president made the moon landings happen. That's the first time I've heard someone call Nixon a liberal. Mark |
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In article , Rand Simberg
wrote: Of course, to get back to the original point, he didn't make the moon landings happen. The program was almost complete by the time he took office (he'd only been president for seven months when Armstrong and Aldrin landed). 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. 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) |
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"Scott Schuckert" wrote in message ... 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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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
The point is Kennedy did not initiate the Apollo program. His proposal to Congress made it possible. No funding, no landing. Bob Kolker |
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"Robert J. Kolker" wrote in message ... His proposal to Congress made it possible. No funding, no landing. That's not the issue. |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... The point is Kennedy did not initiate the Apollo program. But he *did* initiate the *lunar landing program* that Apollo was merged with. |
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"Scott Hedrick" wrote in message ... But he *did* initiate the *lunar landing program* that Apollo was merged with. No, Apollo was a manned lunar landing program from the outset. |
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On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:15:50 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Robert
J. Kolker" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: wrote: Robert Juliano wrote: Minsie's just ****ed off that a supposedly liberal president made the moon landings happen. That's the first time I've heard someone call Nixon a liberal. Most of the work was done during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Dickie Doo was just along for the ride. Had the Apollo One disaster not occurred the first Moon landing would have been during the Johnson administration. Actually, had Johnson been reelected, it would have even with Apollo One. |
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