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From: 9212osd@houxa.UUCP (Orlando Sotomayor-Diaz)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Apollo Trivia
Message-ID: <348@houxa.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 18:11:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  1 18:11:26 1984
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Look up the Dec.? 1983 issue of Esquire Magazine for a
decent article on Armstrong and the story behind the famous
first words.  Contrary to what Chuck Jones says, the
words were no rehearsed at any time before the launch.
He came up with the famous phrase en route. 
This article also explains Conrad's first words on the Moon.
He just wanted to win a bet with a very famous journalist.
He won, but was never paid. The purpose of the bet was to show
her that NASA was not pushing or telling the astronauts
what to say when they first stepped on the Moon. Check the
Esquire issue.
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Orlando Sotomayor-Diaz /AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawfords Corner Road
Room HO-3M-325	201-949-1532	Holmdel, New Jersey, 07733
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