A speech was even written for that possibility: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/08/26/160077053/the-eulogy-that-wasnt-the-fate-neil-armstrong-evaded http

A speech was even written for that possibility: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/08/26/160077053/the-eulogy-that-wasnt-the-fate-neil-armstrong-evaded http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/08/26/160077053/the-e... I've heard it described as the "greatest speech that was never given".