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[i]Especially intense was the speculation about when the surely inevitable lunar landing would take place. The betting was that it could happen as early as May, when Apollo 10 was due to be launched. After a quick shakedown run for the LEM in Earth orbit, it would be off to stamp some bootprints in the Sea of Tranquility. The crew would include Tom Stafford, Wally Schirra’s copilot when Gemini 6 rendezvoused with Gemini 7 in Earth orbit, and he would probably draw the card as the first man on the moon... The press was already starting to prepare the Stafford profiles.[/i]
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