News Exercise #292

1 Why was Collins concentrating not on simply the landing but something else?
2 When the reporter said that Nixon had planned to cancel the remaining mission, how did the reporter describe those missions?
3 What was Aldrin’s not-so-celebratory comment on the moon landing situation?

Answers:
1 Why was Collins concentrating not on simply the landing but something else?
He said that it amazed him that so many things could have gone wrong but everything worked “as advertised”.
2 When the reporter said that Nixon had planned to cancel the remaining mission, how did the reporter describe those missions?
He said “Many involved with breaking the grasp of Earth’s gravity.”
3 What was Aldrin’s not-so-celebratory comment on the moon landing situation?
He said “We landed, explored, got back up again, rendezvoused, came back… that’s fifty years of non-progress! I think we all ought to be a little ashamed.