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[i]Space, though, was not a priority for the Nixon Administration, which struggled in general to get organized after taking office. While Nixon was happy to celebrate the success of Apollo 11, he did not necessarily care for space that much: for example, the White House reported that Nixon watched the 1971 launch of Apollo 15 on television, when in fact he had slept through it. In 1971, Nixon told an advisor he supported the space program because it was "exploring the unknown," but added, "I don't give a damn about space. I am not one of those space cadets." ...even as late as 1971 Nixon was weighing cancelling Apollos 16 and 17, fearing the effect an accident would have during an election year. While Nixon gets blamed for ending Apollo and shutting down production of the Saturn V, Logsdon doesn't believe he bears the sole blame. "The United States decided in 1970 to retreat from exploring the Moon; that decision had several parents, not just Richard Nixon."[/i]
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