ryoder 1,590 #1 August 25, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/25/us-usa-neilarmstrong-idUSBRE87O0B020120825"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,563 #2 August 25, 2012 Hero. Legend. Icon. All-American superman. Not enough words Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marinus 0 #3 August 25, 2012 The first of us who really went somewhere else. RIP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #4 August 25, 2012 All great men will die. But a few will live forever. The moon now has a soul. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Namowal 0 #5 August 25, 2012 One of the greats.My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gregpso 1 #6 August 25, 2012 QuoteI was fifteen when I sat glued to the TV set (like everyone else) and watched Armstrong step out onto the Moon. Later, he became one of my biggest heroes. I dedicated one book (Say Goodbye to the Sun) to the Apollo 11 crew, and in another (The 13th Day of Christmas) I wrote a scene where Neil and his wife, long retired, watch the first manned landing on Mars from their living room couch. . ) One of the big reasons Neil was selected to command Apollo 11 was his cool response under pressure. During training for Apollo, he was forced to eject from NASA's LEM trainer, the rather unstable 'Flying Bed,' when it started to flip over on him. And during the actual moon landing, he looked out the window and discovered they had overshot their planned landing site. They were coming down into a crater full of rocks the size of cars. Neil took control of the LEM back from the computer and flew it horizontally past the crater until he spotted a safe landing spot. With fuel warnings flashing, he finally put the LEM down without a scratch: Quote'Okay...contact light...engine stop. Houston, the Eagle has landed...' Pictures from Apollo 11 You Probably Haven't Seen The Top Ten Events That Shaped Space Exploration and Why They Did RIP Neil. You will be missed. YEAH I WAS 11 when this happened. The biggest event I have witnessed on tv no doubt. 82 is not a bad age but one thinks those kind of legends will never die. This has sat me on my ass I only watched his cbs interview on you tube a few weeks ago. Apollo 11 was (in my opinion) the USA finest hour well bowled Neil(such a quiet and unaffected man) and the entire moon landing crews and all the 100s of folk that worked on the programme Fucking Brillantly done !!!I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #7 August 25, 2012 The landing was late at night on 20th July in England, and he stepped out of the LEM early in the morning of July 21. It is the only time in my 67 years that I stayed up all night to watch TV. How lucky we are to have lived at this time in history. There will never be another time that humans first land on another world... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #8 August 25, 2012 Quote How lucky we are to have lived at this time in history. There will never be another time that humans first land on another world + 1, and I doubt it will happen in my lifetime again. Thank you, Neil. You helped us see that more is possible! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #9 August 26, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwMdZOlPo8When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #10 August 26, 2012 Quotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwMdZOlPo8 Not available in the U.S.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #11 August 26, 2012 QuoteQuotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwMdZOlPo8 Not available in the U.S. http://www.megaproxylist.com/anonymous-proxies I have the MM3-ProxySwitch extension in Firefox with a pulldown menu of about 50 proxies to choose from, so I can originate traffic from whatever part of the world I need."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #12 August 26, 2012 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/multimedia/sns-rt-blooper-errormt1thewrap53461-20120825,0,3958508.story Oops!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #13 August 26, 2012 Quotehttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/multimedia/sns-rt-blooper-errormt1thewrap53461-20120825,0,3958508.story Oops! What a dumbass. Everyone knows that Neil Young started as a Gemini astronaut and commanded the first Space Shuttle mission. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to drinking my margarita prepared with Warren Buffet's recipe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #14 August 26, 2012 He was the first - and one of the last - to set foot on the moon. But it's nice that he wanted to define himself as more than that. I think his reclusiveness just added to his legend. Imagine the difference if it was Pete Conrad who was first. Just as amazing, but there'd be not mystique, I assure you! RIP. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #15 August 26, 2012 So... the first man on the moon was a Canadian! One small step, eh! It all makes sense now. "Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying In the yellow haze of the sun There were children crying and colors flying All around the chosen ones All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun" I wonder if he saw Alice there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #16 August 26, 2012 How lucky we are to have lived at this time in history. There will never be another time that humans first land on another world Quote So very true. I think I'm really fortunate in that my father always let us stay home from school an watch all the launches. Whenever there was anything televised from a mission THAT's what we watched and talked about at home. I was 11 when WE landed on the moon. I remember distinctly how emotional my dad got as he explained to my sister and I, that since the very dawn of mankind this was the first time we'd put our collective knowledge, resources and talents together to explore the cosmos 'in person'. I sit here recalling him saying that in one man's lifetime, we'd gone from ground zero with powered flight to landing on another world...and how now things as we know it, will never be the same. As a kid I was constantly warned about imposing 'hero' status on people...Had to be careful with what I said sometimes. I was told that July day in '69. Armstrong isn't a hero in the true sense because of landing on the moon. Any one one of 'us' could do something like that...he represents 'all of mankind' in showing what a person is capable of, if they have the desire & drive to be the best. To my dad's eye at the time, and so too of course to mine...What made Neil Armstrong a Hero wasn't that his foot prints were the 1st ~ it was that he prepared himself to be the best of what he chose to do, above all others. I've often thought about the wisdom of that. At age 20 he flew 78 missions during the Korean War as a fighter pilot, getting shot down once where he had to eject. At 22 he returned to Purdue University to get his degree in Aeronautical Engineering, where he also wrote and co-directed a musical, and played the Baritone(horn) in the Purdue Marching Band! THEN he went on to become an experimental test pilot and astronaut! And in looking back at not only his accomplishments, but also in the way he handled himself in the years following...it seems like calling Neil Armstrong an 'American Hero' is rather short sighted and limiting. . . In his own words, 'For All Mankind' seems so much more appropriate. Rest easy Space Voyager, job well done. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites oldwomanc6 60 #17 August 27, 2012 After the gold rush? Great song! I' m sure he's sure that glad the reports of his demise were premature!lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airdvr 210 #18 August 27, 2012 One of my childhood heroes. Even was born in my state, in the unassuming town of Wapakaneta, OHio. At one time he was the most famous person on earth but he never used it to his betterment and was reclusively shy about even talking about the mission. Seems we could use a few more heroes like the original astronauts.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,106 #19 August 27, 2012 Quote kallend says in part: Quote 'How lucky we are to have lived at this time in history. There will never be another time that humans first land on another world...' Oh, I wouldn't be so sure. JPL already has a plan...and the date...we're going to Mars. April 15, 2025. (Illustrated article taken from their PDF) How much would it cost? Maybe four days' worth at most of the yearly US DOD budget. That's five or six billion dollars... So that will be the seventh time that humans land on another world.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 1888 0 #20 August 27, 2012 Quote Right up there with John Wayne & Chesty Puller. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 34 #21 August 28, 2012 I was almost 2 when Neil landed on the moon, but he did it on my mom's birthday. Dad still has the negatives of the shots he took of the black and white TV when the news showed the landing live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnMitchell 16 #22 August 28, 2012 Quote I was almost 2 when Neil landed on the moon, but he did it on my mom's birthday. Vskydiver's mom's birthday too. That was my July of being glued to the TV set. What an amazing journey. We did it because we wanted to. Even Joni Mitchell, super liberal apologist for the USA said "Be nice to us. We walked on the Moon." I wish mankind could find more goals like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites gregpso 1 #23 August 28, 2012 [." I wish mankind could find more goals like that. Shows what a bit of competition can do!! (moon landings and cheaper tandems (only a joke) All these years later I still marvel at the achievement. For me the Kennedy Space Centre was almost a holly place to visit. I will return there. Way to go Neil Buzz and Collins and the entire moon landing crews I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites gregpso 1 #24 August 28, 2012 Quote Hero. Legend. Icon. All-American superman. Not enough words Plus 1I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MikeJD 0 #25 August 28, 2012 What a fantastic post. Thanks, airtwardo. I generally have a problem with the way the term 'hero' is used. The moon landings were an astonishing achievement and I'm glad to be able to say they happened in my lifetime - but they were the fruit of a huge team effort, and you could argue that to a large extent Armstrong just happened to be in the right place at the right time in history. Yes, he was highly trained and skilled and an effective mission commander - but he was no more an exceptional human being than millions of others who have dedicated themselves to a goal, and who have achieved things that were personally at least as difficult, but whose stories will never be known. By all accounts, he himself would have been uncomfortable with the 'hero' label. But he had the huge privilege of being the first man to step on the moon, and nobody can take that away from him. I also find it odd when people say that it's 'sad' that someone famous has died, as if we expect these celebrities to escape the inevitable. His defining moment was over 40 years ago, and he'd been out of the spotlight for a very long time. This all looks a bit curmudgeonly, so it's worth saying that I was hugely excited by the Apollo programme and still find it fascinating. Even now I'm amazed that we went to the moon, and I'm hugely impressed by the people who got us there, including Armstrong - I just don't see the reason to mythologise him over the other participants. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. 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oldwomanc6 60 #17 August 27, 2012 After the gold rush? Great song! I' m sure he's sure that glad the reports of his demise were premature!lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #18 August 27, 2012 One of my childhood heroes. Even was born in my state, in the unassuming town of Wapakaneta, OHio. At one time he was the most famous person on earth but he never used it to his betterment and was reclusively shy about even talking about the mission. Seems we could use a few more heroes like the original astronauts.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #19 August 27, 2012 Quote kallend says in part: Quote 'How lucky we are to have lived at this time in history. There will never be another time that humans first land on another world...' Oh, I wouldn't be so sure. JPL already has a plan...and the date...we're going to Mars. April 15, 2025. (Illustrated article taken from their PDF) How much would it cost? Maybe four days' worth at most of the yearly US DOD budget. That's five or six billion dollars... So that will be the seventh time that humans land on another world.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1888 0 #20 August 27, 2012 Quote Right up there with John Wayne & Chesty Puller. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 34 #21 August 28, 2012 I was almost 2 when Neil landed on the moon, but he did it on my mom's birthday. Dad still has the negatives of the shots he took of the black and white TV when the news showed the landing live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnMitchell 16 #22 August 28, 2012 Quote I was almost 2 when Neil landed on the moon, but he did it on my mom's birthday. Vskydiver's mom's birthday too. That was my July of being glued to the TV set. What an amazing journey. We did it because we wanted to. Even Joni Mitchell, super liberal apologist for the USA said "Be nice to us. We walked on the Moon." I wish mankind could find more goals like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites gregpso 1 #23 August 28, 2012 [." I wish mankind could find more goals like that. Shows what a bit of competition can do!! (moon landings and cheaper tandems (only a joke) All these years later I still marvel at the achievement. For me the Kennedy Space Centre was almost a holly place to visit. I will return there. Way to go Neil Buzz and Collins and the entire moon landing crews I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites gregpso 1 #24 August 28, 2012 Quote Hero. Legend. Icon. All-American superman. Not enough words Plus 1I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MikeJD 0 #25 August 28, 2012 What a fantastic post. Thanks, airtwardo. I generally have a problem with the way the term 'hero' is used. The moon landings were an astonishing achievement and I'm glad to be able to say they happened in my lifetime - but they were the fruit of a huge team effort, and you could argue that to a large extent Armstrong just happened to be in the right place at the right time in history. Yes, he was highly trained and skilled and an effective mission commander - but he was no more an exceptional human being than millions of others who have dedicated themselves to a goal, and who have achieved things that were personally at least as difficult, but whose stories will never be known. By all accounts, he himself would have been uncomfortable with the 'hero' label. But he had the huge privilege of being the first man to step on the moon, and nobody can take that away from him. I also find it odd when people say that it's 'sad' that someone famous has died, as if we expect these celebrities to escape the inevitable. His defining moment was over 40 years ago, and he'd been out of the spotlight for a very long time. This all looks a bit curmudgeonly, so it's worth saying that I was hugely excited by the Apollo programme and still find it fascinating. Even now I'm amazed that we went to the moon, and I'm hugely impressed by the people who got us there, including Armstrong - I just don't see the reason to mythologise him over the other participants. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
BillyVance 34 #21 August 28, 2012 I was almost 2 when Neil landed on the moon, but he did it on my mom's birthday. Dad still has the negatives of the shots he took of the black and white TV when the news showed the landing live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #22 August 28, 2012 Quote I was almost 2 when Neil landed on the moon, but he did it on my mom's birthday. Vskydiver's mom's birthday too. That was my July of being glued to the TV set. What an amazing journey. We did it because we wanted to. Even Joni Mitchell, super liberal apologist for the USA said "Be nice to us. We walked on the Moon." I wish mankind could find more goals like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gregpso 1 #23 August 28, 2012 [." I wish mankind could find more goals like that. Shows what a bit of competition can do!! (moon landings and cheaper tandems (only a joke) All these years later I still marvel at the achievement. For me the Kennedy Space Centre was almost a holly place to visit. I will return there. Way to go Neil Buzz and Collins and the entire moon landing crews I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gregpso 1 #24 August 28, 2012 Quote Hero. Legend. Icon. All-American superman. Not enough words Plus 1I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #25 August 28, 2012 What a fantastic post. Thanks, airtwardo. I generally have a problem with the way the term 'hero' is used. The moon landings were an astonishing achievement and I'm glad to be able to say they happened in my lifetime - but they were the fruit of a huge team effort, and you could argue that to a large extent Armstrong just happened to be in the right place at the right time in history. Yes, he was highly trained and skilled and an effective mission commander - but he was no more an exceptional human being than millions of others who have dedicated themselves to a goal, and who have achieved things that were personally at least as difficult, but whose stories will never be known. By all accounts, he himself would have been uncomfortable with the 'hero' label. But he had the huge privilege of being the first man to step on the moon, and nobody can take that away from him. I also find it odd when people say that it's 'sad' that someone famous has died, as if we expect these celebrities to escape the inevitable. His defining moment was over 40 years ago, and he'd been out of the spotlight for a very long time. This all looks a bit curmudgeonly, so it's worth saying that I was hugely excited by the Apollo programme and still find it fascinating. Even now I'm amazed that we went to the moon, and I'm hugely impressed by the people who got us there, including Armstrong - I just don't see the reason to mythologise him over the other participants. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
