Neil Armstrong dead at age 82

[briarcreekguy]

I was eight years old too. I'll never forget the moon landing. I would love to see us do it again before I die!

Armstrong was a class act. I was only 8-years-old when he stepped on the moon, but I remember watching it live on CBS during the sweltering summer of 1969. That was such an awesome and amazing moment.

 

[redmax51]

I was eight years old too. I'll never forget the moon landing. I would love to see us do it again before I die!

It'll be a long time before we can afford to do it.

 

[p238shooter]

My most respected American Pilot Hero. He flew for real, live hand on the stick (thruster valves) looking at a line drawn on the side window and comparing it with the foreign horizon. Not knowing what the landing site conditions might be, not with the computer assisted razzmatazz like I have in my planes to land in my neighbors back yards as I have today. He trusted the guys in the back rooms back home using slide rules for calculations, and he did the rest. To me, this was the ultimate trust in who is backing you, and absolutely No Fear of what might be ahead.

It is a shame we do not have the capability to duplicate this venture 43 years later.

Wifey's uncle was head of the team who designed the spacesuits, and knew him well. Amazing they got there, absolutely phenomenal they got back.

RIP Armstrong, and thanks for the memories no one else will ever duplicate. I do not think anyone who was alive at that time will not remember where they were or what they were doing at that moment you made history and made America proud.

 

[Hobbes]

I posted this a couple of years ago but it deserves repeating.
This is the text of the announcement that president Nixon was to read if apollo 11 had gone horribly wrong.

IN THE EVENT OF MOON DISASTER:

Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.

These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.

These two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.

They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.

In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man.

In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.

Others will follow and surely find their way home. Man's search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.

For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.

William Safire could really write well; Reminds me a bit of Peggy Noonan.

RIP Neil

 

[elwoodtrix]

Hero maybe..... addicted to adrenaline???? hell ya!!!!!!!! How fast was that rocket??
Thank you for your service.
Peace be with you.

 

[mugsy]

It'll be a long time before we can afford to do it.

We can afford it now - we are still the richest nation on Earth - it is just a matter of priorities. We just can't afford everything all at once - no one can.

 

[AKguy1985]

RIP Neal Armstrong