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26 August 2012

What Neil Armstrong Could Have Said. In the summer of '69, Esquire asked everyone from Ayn Rand to Ali, Vonnegut to Asimov, Capote to Nabokov, for their suggestions for the first words on the moon. Here's to an American hero who topped them all.→[More:]

I love the Ali quote personally... A self promoter all the way.

post by: eekacat at: 09:24 | 6 comments

Wow. Joseph Heller was an asshole.

posted by Splunge 26 August | 09:34

I should add that of the more contemplative ones, I like Sun Ra's, and I also really like Buckminster Fuller's for it's brevity, honesty, and humor.

posted by eekacat 26 August | 10:05

"So Far So Good". I Like That. It Seems Hopeful

posted by rollick 26 August | 10:57

I thought that Capote pretty much nailed the spirit of that generation of astronaut-engineers: So far so good.

(On preview, high-fives rollick.)

posted by hangashore 26 August | 11:02

I like U Thant's quotation from Frank Borman:

'We saw the earth the size of a quarter and we recognized then that there really is one world. We are all brothers.'

posted by bearwife 26 August | 12:52

Bienvenue sur la lune monsieur Fortebras.

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posted by jouke 27 August | 13:07

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