R. Haldeman, in which Safire prompt a protocol the administration could comply with in reaction to this kind of disaster.[165][166] In accordance with the system, Mission Regulate would "near down communications" with the LM, plus a clergyman would "commend their souls towards the deepest with the deep" in the community ritual likened to burial at

Ken Mattingly was moved within the help crew into parallel education with Anders as backup CMP in the event that Apollo 11 was delayed earlier its intended July launch date, at which issue Anders could be unavailable.[fifty nine]Aldrin salutes the deployed U.s. flag over the lunar surface. The astronauts planted the Lunar Flag Assembly containing a