Comment Not a secret... (Score 1) 325
"President Nixon's disaster speech has remained secret for 30 years since the two astronauts first set foot on the moon on 20 July 1969. " -- BBC article.
Actually, the speech itself was not a secret. If memory serves correctly, Bill Safire wrote about the speech many years ago. Safire was a speechwriter for Nixon during the first moon landing, and actually drafted the given speech. In his column, he discussed the speech and mentioned the most moving line - that men who had come to explore in peace were now to rest in peace. That line stuck in my head, and when I saw the text of the speech given on the BBC site, I immediately recognized it.
At least, this is how I remember it -- can anyone confirm this?
Actually, the speech itself was not a secret. If memory serves correctly, Bill Safire wrote about the speech many years ago. Safire was a speechwriter for Nixon during the first moon landing, and actually drafted the given speech. In his column, he discussed the speech and mentioned the most moving line - that men who had come to explore in peace were now to rest in peace. That line stuck in my head, and when I saw the text of the speech given on the BBC site, I immediately recognized it.
At least, this is how I remember it -- can anyone confirm this?
