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··So on and so on and scoobie doobie dooThis is an interesting interview with a woman who was on the NASA support team during the worldwide tour that followed the Apollo 11 landing.
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4223/ch10.htm
There are several personal antidotes that give an insight into the astronauts lives. They certainly had grace under pressure.
Here are a few more pictures from the Yugoslavia stop that she mentions in the interview.
Michael Collins mentioned the Yugoslavia trip in his eulogy for Neil Armstrong. He wrote:
"Neil was smart as hell- and an encyclopedia of knowledge of things far beyond air and space. He trotted out tidbits on occasion. After the flight of Apollo 11, we went on a world tour. One evening we found ourselves in Yugoslavia at a formal dinner hosted by Marshall Tito and his wife, Madame Broz. The small talk got smaller and smaller, with Madame doing a fine imitation of an Easter Island monolith: frozen, starring straight ahead. Neil bent over and started talking quietly to her, and when I strained to listen, I was astounded that he was talking about Nikola Tesla, the early electric genius and competitor of thomas Edison. Had Neil lost his mind? No, Madame Broz lit up like a thousand-watt bulb, and from then on we were all buddies, including even the taciturn Tito. Later I asked Neil about his choice of topic. 'Oh,' he replied offhandedly, 'she is related to Tesla.' "
RIP Neil Armstrong
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4223/ch10.htm
There are several personal antidotes that give an insight into the astronauts lives. They certainly had grace under pressure.
Here are a few more pictures from the Yugoslavia stop that she mentions in the interview.
Michael Collins mentioned the Yugoslavia trip in his eulogy for Neil Armstrong. He wrote:
"Neil was smart as hell- and an encyclopedia of knowledge of things far beyond air and space. He trotted out tidbits on occasion. After the flight of Apollo 11, we went on a world tour. One evening we found ourselves in Yugoslavia at a formal dinner hosted by Marshall Tito and his wife, Madame Broz. The small talk got smaller and smaller, with Madame doing a fine imitation of an Easter Island monolith: frozen, starring straight ahead. Neil bent over and started talking quietly to her, and when I strained to listen, I was astounded that he was talking about Nikola Tesla, the early electric genius and competitor of thomas Edison. Had Neil lost his mind? No, Madame Broz lit up like a thousand-watt bulb, and from then on we were all buddies, including even the taciturn Tito. Later I asked Neil about his choice of topic. 'Oh,' he replied offhandedly, 'she is related to Tesla.' "
RIP Neil Armstrong
