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Originally Posted by Chrissyo
Actually, if I recall correctly, Aldrin was quote mined in that specific segment. In the interview he did indeed mention that they were pretty sure the "UFO" was one of the S-IVB panels, but the producers decided to leave it out. Neil Armstrong's biography also provides this explanation.
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I'm really glad he didn't really acknowledge it was a UFO
I forgot about that second speach that Nixon was going to give in the event they couldn't leave the surface. My understanding is that this speach had been prepared before the launch to manage the politics of the situation if for some reason they couldn't leave the surface.
There's nothing unusual about politicians having a couple of speaches up their sleaves for different contingencies
Spaceflight is dangerous. Astronauts do die. The first space shuttle orbital flight was interesting in that the shuttle needs people to fly it so no unmanned test flight was possible. Interesting design decision!