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I'll be back again tomorrow with a brand new episode. The Apollo 11 mission to land humans on the moon was one of the most complex things ever undertaken by humanity.

They had to prepare for any and every eventuality, including failure of the mission.

To cover that eventuality, President Nixon's speechwriter wrote a speech in the event that the

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On July 24th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon.

During their time walking on the surface, which only lasted about two and a half hours, they

received a phone call from the President of the United States, Richard Nixon.

For purposes that will soon become obvious, I'd like to play the entire clip for you now, and

don't worry, it's not very long.

Hello Neil and Buzz, I'm talking to you by telephone from the over room at the White House and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made from the White House.

I just can't tell you how proud we all are of what you have done.

For every American, this has to be the proudest day of our lives.

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