Friday, February 4, 2011

Question 1004

"Fate has ordained that the men who went to X to explore in peace will stay on X to rest in peace.
These brave men, Y and Z, know that there is
no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for
mankind in their sacrifice.
These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.
They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be
mourned by the nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world."

Identify X, Y and Z, and put funda.


Answer: X- Moon Y-Neil Armstrong Z-Edwin Aldrin
This is the 'what if' speech prepared by the then president of USA, Richard Nixon in case Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin died

13 Answers:

Siddarth Pai said...

X- the moon
Y- Neil Armstrong
Z- Buzz Aldrin

Nixon's prepared statement of Apollo 11 would fail, leaving Buzz & Arm on the moon, with Collins circling the moon in the lunar module.

Was never delivered, but was later found out

Rahul Varma said...

X-Moon
Y-Niel Armstrong
Z-Edwin Aldrin

Richard Nixon Speech

Archimonde said...

X- The moon
Y- Neil Armstrong
Z- Edwin Aldrin

The Apollo 11 mission had a very low chance of bringing back the astronauts alive. So Richard Nixon had prepared this speech in case their lives were lost...

rishwin said...

x-moon
y-neil amstrong
z-edwin aldrin

de event must be connected to de fone call made by richard nixon or sumting.

Sukanto said...

X - The Moon
y - Neil Armstrong
Z - Edwin Aldrin
This speech was written by Nixon's secretary for the event that the astronauts didn't return...but they did , so ALL IZZ WELL :)

Kaushik said...

moon

armstrong and aldrin

Unknown said...

X= the moon
Y= Neil armstrong
Z= Edwin aldrin
funda: the speech president Nixon prepared if APOLLO 11 failed !!

Aniruddha said...

X--Moon
Y and Z---Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin.

This report would have been issued in the eventuality of failure of man's first lunar mission.

Tejas Gokhale said...

X=Moon
Y=Neil Armstrong
Z=Buzz Aldrin

prez nixon thought they were gonna die...so he said this...
not sure whether he really said it!

Satyanveshi said...

Richard Nixon proposed speech in case of any disaster.

X-Moon
Y,Z-Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

Saswat said...

X- Moon
Y- Neil Armstrong
Z- Edwin Aldrin
This is the speech which Prez Nixon was supposed to deliver in case Apollo-11 went unsuccessful

appuchin said...

x-moon
y-niel armstrong and buzz aldrin

Unknown said...

X = Moon,
Y = Neil Armstrong
Z = Edwin Aldrin
Speech written for President Nixon in case of failure of Apollo 11 Moon Landing Mission