Astronaut Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dead at 82

[Brovane]

He will be missed.

It greatly saddens me that we may be approaching a time where there is no one left alive that has set foot on the moon...

Their is 8 left but as they are all over 75. At the rate that NASA is going all of them will be passed away before we set foot on the moon again.

 

[Brovane]

He allegedly went to the moon. RIP

 

[mmntech]

It's sad that the greatest generation is starting to rapidly die off. Armstrong represented a true golden age in not just American history, but global history. Despite all the strife and revolution of the 1960s, there was always a lingering optimism there. That society could build a better future. Good luck on the ultimate journey Neil.

Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins are still kicking around. Both are in their early 80s though. Fortunately Buzz seems to be still full of piss and vinegar.

 

[Number1]

The greatest man who ever lived.

I remember walking to an evening church service with my dad on the 21 of July 1969 and looking at the moon, marveling that we had people about to land there. I was 12 years old.

Ill be thinking of him when I look at the moon tonight.

RIP Neil Armstrong, you were my hero.

 

[Number1]

I find it insulting to the memory of Neil Armstrong that he would be confused with Lance the doper as people like to do in here.

Neil was the real thing. A true hero.

 

[PottedMeat]

rip

Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins are still kicking around. Both are in their early 80s though. Fortunately Buzz seems to be still full of piss and vinegar.

Buzz needs to go punch more moon landing conspiracy nuts.

 

[Number1]

"One giant loss for mankind."

Quoted from a comment on the Globe and Mail

 

[Craig234]

It's very sad.

I would note also, though, that in terms of the heroism and greatness of the moon landing, there are many people; and in particular, I'd note John Kennedy.

Think for a minute what it takes for a new young president - the youngest in our history - to get the nation to sign on at the height of the cold war to do something simply great for mankind, when the incidental benefits weren't so obvious, to spend vast sums of our nation's fortune for the science and progress - the budget for the moon landing, a decade-long project, was as high as five percent of our national budget.

I think that was a great achievment politically for Kennedy, when it seemed fantastic to the people - only 20 years after the first flight of a jet engine, with almost no computers.

It's a stark contrast between the leadership of government then and now.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

the world has lost a real man

 

[Leon]

It's a stark contrast between the leadership of government then and now.

Indeed, Craig234, indeed. Even you admit that

Armstrong: Obama NASA plan 'devastating'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36470363/ns/nightly_news/#.UDlRD8XA-vh

 

[SKORPI0]

I find it insulting to the memory of Neil Armstrong that he would be confused with Lance the doper as people like to do in here.

Neil was the real thing. A true hero.

One was 82 years old, a true American hero. The other is a 40 year old doper.
How can another confuse another? People are just being mean/ready stupid.

Indeed, Craig234, indeed. Even you admit that

Armstrong: Obama NASA plan 'devastating'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36470363/ns/nightly_news/#.UDlRD8XA-vh

And all the jobs\skills lost that will be hard to replace. I don't think the 1st man\woman on Mars will even be an American. D:

 

[NFS4]

Indeed, Craig234, indeed. Even you admit that

Armstrong: Obama NASA plan 'devastating'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36470363/ns/nightly_news/#.UDlRD8XA-vh

SpaceX?

 

[nanette1985]

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We can only assume he will continue to make significant steps in another realm... It is never farewell forever, just see you again someday...

Well put.

I'm waiting for certain people to announce that no, he isn't really dead. It's just a mockup of him.

RIP.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Indeed, Craig234, indeed. Even you admit that

Armstrong: Obama NASA plan 'devastating'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36470363/ns/nightly_news/#.UDlRD8XA-vh

nasa was devastated after apollo. i don't see how anything obama said or did could be relevant to, or worse than, mismanaging the white elephant space shuttle.

And all the jobs\skills lost that will be hard to replace. I don't think the 1st man\woman on Mars will even be an American. D:

if there is a need, then there will be somebody will pay somebody else to obtain results. if there isn't a need, then why should the payroll be padded?

and, why should the 1st person on mars be american? past performance is no guarantee of future results.
1. the apollo program was the cumulative effort of the free world, not just america.
2. there are currently 7 billion people on this planet that aren't american, and they have electricity and all kinds of shit, too.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

SpaceX?

http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2012/06/60-minutes-clarifies-neil-armstrongs-position-on-spacex/

not much of a clarification, sounds more like backpedaling. i don't think musk's reaction was based on "encouragement."

 

[rockyct]

I find it insulting to the memory of Neil Armstrong that he would be confused with Lance the doper as people like to do in here.

Neil was the real thing. A true hero.

He's not being confused with Lance, it's just idiots trying to be funny and failing.

 

[Lemon law]

Someone had to be the first man on the Moon, in what was a total total team effort. It why my respect for John Armstrong is redoubled, as John Armstrong steadfastly refused to take any credit for being first.

As all I can say is RIP John Armstrong as we all lost a great human being we should all admire.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Someone had to be the first man on the Moon, in what was a total total team effort. It why my respect for John Armstrong is redoubled, as John Armstrong steadfastly refused to take any credit for being first.

As all I can say is RIP John Armstrong as we all lost a great human being we should all admire.

who?

 

[BoomerD]

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Neil Young was later quoted as saying that just came out wrong.

He had intended to say:

One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/onesmall.asp

As long as my memory holds, I'll remember where I was when Neil Armstrong set foot in the Arizona desert on the moon. :biggrin:

 

[MrColin]

He allegedly went to the moon. RIP

 

[HeXen]

crap, he died without telling us about the aliens on the moon

 

[KillerCharlie]

"I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer"

He landed on the moon yet wanted people to remember that he was foremostly an aerospace engineer.

 

[rcpratt]

RIP. Boiler Up

edit: Love this, by the way. From the Indy Star story.

"I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer," Armstrong told the National Press Club in February 2000, "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."

 

[Brovane]

One was 82 years old, a true American hero. The other is a 40 year old doper.
How can another confuse another? People are just being mean/ready stupid.



And all the jobs\skills lost that will be hard to replace. I don't think the 1st man\woman on Mars will even be an American. D:

A lot of those skills/jobs are now in the up and comers like Space X.

 

[BUTCH1]

It's very sad.

I would note also, though, that in terms of the heroism and greatness of the moon landing, there are many people; and in particular, I'd note John Kennedy.

Think for a minute what it takes for a new young president - the youngest in our history - to get the nation to sign on at the height of the cold war to do something simply great for mankind, when the incidental benefits weren't so obvious, to spend vast sums of our nation's fortune for the science and progress - the budget for the moon landing, a decade-long project, was as high as five percent of our national budget.

I think that was a great achievment politically for Kennedy, when it seemed fantastic to the people - only 20 years after the first flight of a jet engine, with almost no computers.

It's a stark contrast between the leadership of government then and now.

Not to be picky but the first jet powered flight was in 1939, the Heinkel 178 only had a 10 minutes endurance but it was the first, 30 years before Apollo 11. While it was balsy for Kennedy to make it a goal the real hero's IMO are the engineers who started with rockets like the Redstone in the early '60's to the massive Saturn V, not to mention developing space docking, fuel cells, a lander and ascent stage all from complete scratch in less than 9 years, one of mankind's greatest engineering feats IMO..