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Manned Spacecraft Center public affairs officer (1928–2009) who famously delivered the live mission control commentary during the Gemini and Apollo space flights. ALS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, March 14, 1969. Handwritten letter to Fred Nahas, in full: "That was a tremendous statement. Sorry I missed it at the time. Suppose you noted that a Michigan–Ohio delegation called on me last week and left petitions bearing half a million names, knocking Mrs. O'Hair & endorsing the astronauts' reading of Genesis." In fine condition.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919–1995) was a prominent atheist activist who brought a lawsuit against NASA because of the Apollo 8 crew's reading of Genesis to the world in their live TV stream from the moon.
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