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Obama recalls Apollo 11 splashdown in Hawaii – while he lived in Indonesia

 
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Obama recalls Apollo 11 splashdown in Hawaii – while he lived in Indonesia
On this week’s 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, President Obama praised the pioneering American astronauts and recalled his own childhood memories in Hawaii of NASA capsules splashing down in the Pacific.

But Houston, we have a problem. The president actually lived in Indonesia in 1969.

Obama met with Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin in the Oval Office July 20 to commemorate the historic landing.

He praised the men for their “heroism, calm under pressure” and “grace.”

“I think that all of us recall the moment in which mankind finally was untethered from this planet and was able to explore the stars; the moment in which we had one of our own step on the moon and leave that imprint that is there to this day,” the president said.

During his speech with the Apollo 11 crew, Obama told the astronauts:

The country continues to draw inspiration from what you’ve done. I should note, just personally, I grew up in Hawaii, as many of you know, and I still recall sitting on my grandfather’s shoulders when those capsules would land in the middle of the Pacific and they’d get brought back and we’d go out and we’d pretend like they could see us as we were waving at folks coming home. And I remember waving American flags and my grandfather telling me that the Apollo mission was an example of how Americans can do anything they put their minds to.
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Re: Obama recalls Apollo 11 splashdown in Hawaii – while he lived in Indonesia
note that he said "capsules," he wasn't talking specifically about apollo 11.

there were multiple splashdowns after 1971 that obama would have been able to witness.





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