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Re: [OM] Godspeed, Neil Armstrong

Subject: Re: [OM] Godspeed, Neil Armstrong
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:48:31 -0400
I was in Vietnam, dodging much lower tech rockets manufactured by the evil 
empire. <g>

--Bob


On Aug 26, 2012, at 2:35 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I must confess that my recollection, while very vivid (also watching on a B&W 
> television) is slightly different. I was 8 years old, and living in Communist 
> Poland. Like 99% of the country's population, we were thrilled to see the 
> Stars and Stripes on the moon, not because of "giant step for mankind" and 
> all that, but because the Americans had beaten the hated Soviets to the moon. 
> And frankly speaking, that was the main significance of the event. It 
> signalled that the USA now had an irreversible technological lead over the 
> Soviet Union. It took another 20 years, but the evil empire (and yes, I 
> choose Ronald Reagan's phrase deliberately) was finally defeated, peacefully.

-- 
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