Space heroes stuck in the past

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On the half-century anniversary of the Kennedy moon speech, three space icons of the sixties took to the editorial page of USA Today to lament what they perceive to be a rudderless current policy.  It will be taken seriously by many, given that it is the first man to walk on the moon, the last man to walk on the moon, and a man who flew around it twice.  Nonetheless, and sadly (all three men are heroes to me) it is flawed and and they don’t seem to be familiar with the facts.

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