Adger 87 Posted August 25, 2012 Neil Armstrong Dead: First Man To Walk On Moon Dies, Aged 82 R.I.P NEIL ARMSTRONG..............SAFE JOURNEY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAKO69 186 Posted August 25, 2012 Just saw this on the news. Rock on Neil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Von Paulus 8 Posted August 25, 2012 One of my childwood heroes. Deeply sad. Rest in peace, Neil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topcat II 6 Posted August 25, 2012 A great man RIP! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted August 25, 2012 (edited) As a boy, I drew and painted all the APOLLO mission logos - they had different ones for each flight. It was the greatest event for all mankind in those days, I'm pretty sure. "We" were on the Moon. A real Challenger has gone to travel the Stars - Salute, Neil Armstrong! Edited August 25, 2012 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bullethead 12 Posted August 25, 2012 Fair winds and following seas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyby PC 23 Posted August 26, 2012 Massive childhood hero of mine. Not just a great embassador for the USA, but a testament to NASA and their capacity to find people of such great calibre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted August 26, 2012 . A great man, and a great moment in history. Walk among the stars now, Neil. "To infinity and beyond!" . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capitaine Vengeur 263 Posted August 26, 2012 There are very few moments in the World History when anybody on Earth can remember exactly what he/she was doing when hearing the news, as for September 11. For those alive then, the first steps of Man on the Moon is such a moment. For ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
von Baur 54 Posted August 26, 2012 And he didn't hog the glory for the USA, he shared it with the world. "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for MANKIND!" More than head and shoulders above the crowd . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Von Paulus 8 Posted August 26, 2012 And he didn't hog the glory for the USA, he shared it with the world. "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for MANKIND!" More than head and shoulders above the crowd . Undoubtedly, Apollo program was a great effort done by USA. But that small step carried the weight of 10000 years of human civilization. Neil knew it. That step was bigger than a country, than an empire... That moment was a victory for whole mankind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyby PC 23 Posted August 27, 2012 What I didn't know was his service record with 78 combat missions flown in Korea. Mr Armstrong must have seen some incredible sights.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HumanDrone 4 Posted August 27, 2012 Neil, rest in peace and rise in glory. I was 14 when it happened, and I thought how neat it would be to do that. I had the 3 ft tall Saturn V model, the larger scale CSM/LM models, the whole lot. It wasn't until I got much older that I realized what tremendous courage it took to do what these men did. You talk about nerves of steel! So many things that cold go wrong, so far from Earth that radio waves take measurable time to reach you! Just the three of you; then just the two of you, in this spindly little lightweight craft that's hardly bigger than the cubicle I'm siting in! Yow! We need a "21-gun salute" smiley! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hasse Wind 46 Posted August 27, 2012 Yes, it really was something special, something that had never been done in the history of mankind. It took tremendous skill and courage, and not only from the astronauts themselves, though obviously they were the ones who'd have lost their lives if something had gone badly wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyby PC 23 Posted August 27, 2012 There was a TV ad several years ago now, I forget if it was Audi or BMW, but they boasted having more computer power in their car than NASA had to put men on the moon. These days we just take computers for granted. My Ipod has more memory on it than my first five computers all put together. The backup and assistance these fellas had for getting to the moon in terms of computers was primitive to say the least. Brave men, all of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HumanDrone 4 Posted August 28, 2012 I read a quote of his from a rare public appearance in 2000: "I am, and will ever be, a white-socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace and propelled by compressible flow." I humbly propose that Friday, the day of his funeral, all who desire wear white socks and, if you don't have a pocket protector, at least shove your shirt pocket full of mechanical pencils or pens and a shorty slider rule, machinist's scale, etc.! Here is the full resolution scan of Buzz Aldrin's picture of Neil after he became the first man to walk on the moon. The exhilaration and exhaustion show on his face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
