On July 18 of 1969, speechwriter William Safire (December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) wrote what would have been the White House’s official response to a failed mission to the moon. The USA could get the Apollo 11 crew into space but could Michael Collins lift Neil Armstrong […]

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