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NEIL ARMSTRONG £RIEFING 5-18-70 2/2
ARMSTRONG example of that is the shuttle program which
is going to demand the best of both the space disciplines and
also the aeronautical disciplines and of course that is one
of the areas in which I will be continuing to work with the
people here at Houston and throughout the Manned Spacecraft
Program.
McLEAISH Any further questions
QUERY Did you discuss this decision with your family
and if so, did they have a reaction
ARMSTRONG Yes, I did and they ail - all expressed some
regret at having to leave the Houston area.
McLEAISH lee Ho]ley.
QUERY Have you put your house on the market yet
ARMSTRONG No maybe I better just keep it in case I
need a hiding place later, from the Washington people.
QUERY Neil, you said you'd be working with aircrafts
that, perhaps, you can't even foresee, what do vou see after
SST in a shuttle, what direction would aircraft - airplanes
go beyond that
ARMSTRONG Well, historically we've never guessed very
well, if we look back at our wild-eyed experts of a decade
or two ago, we find that they all underestimated the mark,
no one would have predicted the 747, two decades or even
one decade ago. As a matter of fact, shortly before I transferred
here to Houston -
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