In July 1969, when Neil Armstrong left for the moon with his Apollo 11 team, he knew there was chance that they may not return. As a precaution, speechwriter William Safire prepared a text ‘In Event of Moon Disaster’ for President Nixon to read on television. The text was never read because Armstrong and his full crew returned. Yesterday, forty-three years after his historic mission, Armstrong passed away. Bellow follows the actual text:
