Apollo 11 Astronauts Monitored for Language After Apollo 10 Crew's Profanity
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A bagel that needed a few more minutes. And maybe a fact-check.
Summary
The article discusses how Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins had to be careful with their language during training due to the profanity used by the previous Apollo 10 crew. The Apollo 10 astronauts' colorful language during their mission created concerns at NASA, leading to increased scrutiny of the Apollo 11 crew's communications to maintain a more professional public image for the historic moon landing mission.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledApollo 11's astronauts were in the midst of a tight, grueling training schedule in May 1969. Just one slip-up could delay their July launch and derail the goal of landing on the moon before the end of the 1960s.
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins had to learn to watch their language.
That was because of their profanity-spewing Apollo mission predecessors — the Apollo 10 crew of Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan.
The Apollo 10 astronauts' colorful language during their mission created concerns at NASA about the public image of the space program.
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