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ARMSTRONG, NEIL. TYPED LETTER SIGNED TO ALBERT SCHUSTER REGARDING AN INVITATION TO APPEAR AT THE STAR TREK CONVENTION

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  • Typed letter signed to Albert Schuster regarding an invitation to appear at the Star Trek Convention
1 page, 8 ½ by 11 inches, on University of Cincinnati letterhead, dated "November 26, 1975" and SIGNED "NEIL ARMSTRONG"  in black ink.

Catalogue Note

A LETTER FROM THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON TO THE FOUNDER OF "SCHUSTER'S INTERNATIONAL STAR TREK CONVENTION" "Thank you for your kind invitation to appear at the 5TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL STAR TREK CONVENTION," Armstrong begins.  "Regretfully, it will be impossible for me to accept your request.  My duties here at the university and various other responsibilities limit my outside commitments severely..." 

After resigning from NASA in 1971, Armstrong taught at the University of Cincinnati, in their Department of Aerospace Engineering.  Following his distinguished NASA career, Armstrong was increasingly disinclined to give interviews, and in 1993 stopped autographing materiel as well. Schuster was notorious in Star Trek circles, and often accused of being involved in the conventions for purely monetary reasons.