mans sviests

Dark Side of the Moon
24.4.05 10:39
'Nasa sent men to the Moon on a meagrely-tested tower of high explosives and gave them a navigational computer with less memory than a mobile phone. They were paid $8 a day minus deductions for their free bed on Apollo. Aldrin still has a framed receipt on his wall: 'From Houston to Cape Kennedy, Moon, Pacific Ocean. Amount claimed: $33.31.

Perhaps the saddest case is that of David Scott (Apollo 15), who was disgraced for smuggling stamped letters to the Moon and had his reputation trashed in the Daily Mail after a dalliance with newsreader Anna Ford five years ago. In fact, his plan to sell the letters, although dodgy, was legal and intended to raise cash to send his children through college, something he could not have contemplated on his astronaut's salary.'

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