RIP Neil Armstrong

[mapuc]

May his famous step be in our history forever

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/25/13478643-astronaut-neil-armstrong-first-man-to-walk-on-moon-dies-at-age-82?lite


Markus

[razark]

:salute:

[Takeda Shingen]

Wow. Inevitable, but always kind of shocking when you lose an icon of American and world history such as Armstrong. May he rest in peace.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Requiescat in pace :Kaleun_Salute:

[Oberon]

Indeed Tak, no-one lives forever, but it's still a helluva shock when they do pass away.

RIP good sir, I'm afraid I missed seeing the landing live, but the legacy lives on.


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01416/armstrong_1416675c.jpg

[RHR]

Rip sir.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098

[mako88sb]

Very sad to hear. He did this interview in Australia a few months ago and seemed fine considering his age.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/sci-tech/cpa-australias-giant-leap-neil-armstrong-agrees-to-interview-with-accountant/story-fn5iztw3-1226343845785

[Betonov]

A name that will live on, a sentence that will never be forgoten:

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

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Apollo_11_insignia.png/201px-Apollo_11_insignia.png

[Rhodes]

RIP:salute:!

[eddie]

Really sad to hear the news.

[mapuc]

I was only 4 years old when it happened- But I remember my dad told me about it and how my parents, their neighbors and the rest of the little town, was gathered to watch the moon landing in the local assembly homes

Markus

[Alex]

It happens that I didn't even know he was still alive myself. http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/172673uglytock.gif
Rest in peace and all that stuff.

[u crank]

It was black and white, and a poor quality video but it's something I'll always remember.

Rest in Peace.

[Onkel Neal]

I know Apollo 11 was a group-even national effort, but Neil was always one of my heroes, along with Ned Beach. Rest in Peace, Neil, and thanks. They don't make them like you anymore.

[Garion]

RIP Neil

I was a wee laddie of 10 when I watched the event live on our B/w Telly..

Cheers

Gary

[mapuc]

When I read about his dead Many memories came up

Some of those was from youtube video and especially this one

Why I remember this one, by the hundred I have seen about those moon-landing conspiracy video, is Buzz giving this guy a smack in the face(I'm a non violent person, but this guy was asking for it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJJDUpxeQp8

(Maybe it's not the right place to but this video, but I didn't want to make a new thread)

Markus

[fred8615]

:wah::wah::wah::wah::wah:

[Schroeder]

Rest in peace, sir.
A sad loss indeed.:-?

[Jimbuna]

RIP Neil...you inspired a whole generation worldwide.

[kiwi_2005]

Great man. RIP Neil

[CCIP]

He made the one small step. Took the whole humanity to get there, but he did make the one small step. For that, I think he certainly deserves to be remembered forever :salute:

And of course, let's not forget all his other contributions to the space program.

[Lionclaw]

RIP :salute:

[U570]

His life was full, and his death unfortunate, but people will look back at that man and be inspired.
Rest In Peace, Neil :wah::wah:

[Zuk]

First man on the moon has gone to the stars. R.I.P. from Serbia. You are my hero.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N2zPPHi_1w

Please just don't start with conspiracy theories. Show some respect even if you think that landing was just a dream.


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9UxHwUfG2qQ/TGj1FRTBnTI/AAAAAAAAA80/0lGhg7l-R6I/s1600/neil-armstrong-on-the-moon.jpg


http://d1.yimg.com/sr/img/1/5dfcb7b9-a7c6-30e0-ab10-40e2101d74d1

http://images.wikia.com/39clues/images/d/df/Neil_armstrong.jpg

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/the_wire/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/neil_armstrong.jpg



http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Neil-Armstrong.jpg


http://d3.yimg.com/sr/img/1/9cd2cf12-2db3-39a5-866f-adb1ce40343e

[em2nought]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmYlCOImIng

[TLAM Strike]

12 men walked on Luna. Today there is 8.

In the spirit of these men lets make sure these numbers increase.

[Zuk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8OpsPok6iQ

[Rockstar]

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/jky242/76b6a0a396fe6438e14a8f8dd27bc9de.jpg. :salute:

[TLAM Strike]

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/jky242/76b6a0a396fe6438e14a8f8dd27bc9de.jpg. :salute:
I should point out that photo is of Aldrin's footprint and not Neil's. :03:

Still a fantastic photo. :yep:

[Spyguy101]

So passes the man who made the greatest leap for all mankind
:Kaleun_Salute:

[Biggles]

He made his famous voyage to the Moon long before I was born or even thought of, but I have always regarded the first Moon landing as one of the greatest achievements of humanity.

[Rockstar]

Thank you captain obvious. :D. But I want to point out, that foot print has become synonymous with mankind's venture into space and exploration of the moon. Which when I see it will always cause me to remember Neil Armstrong (and others) were a part of.

[mookiemookie]

A pioneer and a hero.

[Sailor Steve]

Already posted over in General Topics, which is where it belongs.

[Sailor Steve]

A pioneer and a hero.
And a very interesting guy. He once said that the three most exciting things he had ever done were flying a jet fighter, riding a good motorcycle and riding a good rollercoaster. He didn't include walking on the moon. Of course this was on a TV show he hosted about rollercoasters, and he apparently owned stock in a company that built them.

Still, he was the first of a very small handful to have set foot on another world. :rock:

[Zuk]

Sorry. Please move it or delet it. My mistake. :/\\!!

[Sailor Steve]

No real problem. It happens. I like your pictures. You should post them again in that thread. :sunny:

[darius359au]

I was born in 64 ,I was not quite 5 when he landed on the moon but I can still remember the day clearly - I think it was that ,that influenced me to a life long interest in space and sci-fi.

R.I.P Neil Armstrong

[mookiemookie]

Still, he was the first of a very small handful to have set foot on another world. :rock:

That's what amazes me most - no matter what happens in the rest of human history...no matter how many planets we visit, colonize, no matter how far away, he will always be the first to have stood on the surface of a land that wasn't on Earth.

[TarJak]

:salute: To one of the bravest men I've ever seen, rest in peace. Your journey inspired generations to come, to believe in what mankind can do.

[the_tyrant]

:salute::salute:
Rest in peace

[razark]

And of course, let's not forget all his other contributions to the space program.
This.

Not to belittle that first step on the moon, and what it meant for humanity, I think that Armstrong didn't do anything special there. He did what anyone would have done in that place; he simply had the luck to be the one that was chosen.

I've always looked at his handling of Gemini VIII to be the true mark of his skill and ability to keep cool under pressure.

[joea]

Off to join Gagarin, Grissom, the crews of the Challenger and Columbia-godspeed sir.:salute:

[BossMark]

RIP

[mengle]

respect for you sir and R.I.P now

[THE_MASK]

Sad day . I am an apollo child , even named after an astronaut . cheers Glenn out .

[HunterICX]

R.i.P Neil,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xtly-dpBeA

HunterICX

[sharkbit]

Not to belittle that first step on the moon, and what it meant for humanity, I think that Armstrong didn't do anything special there. He did what anyone would have done in that place; he simply had the luck to be the one that was chosen.


I read today that he thought walking on the moon was actually the mundane part of the whole mission. Like you said, anybody could have done what he did on the moon. He looked at the time on the surface of the moon as something anti-climatctic, "something we looked on as reasonably safe and predictable."
What Armstrong thought was the toughest part of the mission was flying the lunar module. He said that guiding the craft gave him a "feeling of elation."

I also found it interesting why he was picked to go first on the moon instead of Aldrin. It seems Aldrin was overtly opinionated and ambitious, making it clear to NASA why he thought he should be first. Armstrong was quieter and thought the dedescent and landing would be the huge achievement of the mission. (This is according to a 2001 auto-biography of Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., a top NASA official).

Also found it interesting that Armstrong was the only one of the three Apollo 11 crewmen that didn't publish a memoir.

A true hero in every respect. :salute:

[Sailor Steve]

II also found it interesting why he was picked to go first on the moon instead of Aldrin. It seems Aldrin was overtly opinionated and ambitious, making it clear to NASA why he thought he should be first. Armstrong was quieter and thought the dedescent and landing would be the huge achievement of the mission. (This is according to a 2001 auto-biography of Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., a top NASA official).
The 'official' story at the time was that Aldrin was military and Armstrong was a civilian. The version you relate was told very well in the TV movie about Apollo 11, and a slightly shorter version in From The Earth To The Moon.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115560/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120570/

[Cybermat47]

:Kaleun_Salute:

[Falkirion]

Having seen some of the relics from that famous mission during my trip to the USA over the past 6 weeks, I can't express how saddened I was on my return to Melbourne yesterday to hear that Neil had passed.

RIP Neil Armstrong. The world will never forget your contribution to space exploration.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Mr. Armstrong. I am sitting here wondering how many cardboard boxes I sat in as a child... drawing gauges and dials inside... to make my own space capsule. Thank you (and all of your colleagues) for all the imaginations and dreams you gave us as children to walk in your footsteps. Thank you for the example you set for us all. Godspeed Neil.

[soopaman2]

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

May you truly see the stars now!

[Dowly]

RIP :-?

[MH]

RIP.

[eddie]

Geat photo's from Neils Memorial Service.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/

[Jimbuna]

Geat photo's from Neils Memorial Service.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/

Great photos...thanks for sharing.

[eddie]

Interesting article, Neil's last wish was to be buried at sea.

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/06/13707947-neil-armstrong-to-be-buried-at-sea?lite