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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: expat on August 25, 2012, 02:19:51 PM
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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/25/13478643-astronaut-neil-armstrong-first-man-to-walk-on-moon-dies-at-age-82?lite
Neil Armstrong has died :(
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Heros arent supposed to die....such sad news. RIP Neil.. :salute
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:salute :salute
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:cry
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<S> Neil Armstrong.
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:salute
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End of an era. :frown:
(http://images02.olx.com/ui/11/77/05/1297541522_166467205_1-Pictures-of--Apollo-11-DVD-Neil-Armstrong-NASA-FIRST-MOON-LANDING-1969.jpg)
:pray :salute
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:salute :(
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57500382/neil-armstrong-1st-man-on-the-moon-dead-at-82/
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:salute
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Gods speed Neil Armstrong :salute
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I am very sad. Was 13, in the hospital watching on a black and white TV.
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:salute Brave man
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A true hero not just for America, but for the planet and mankind. :salute
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:salute :cry And Godspeed :angel:
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No, please no.
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:pray :salute R.I.P.
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He left the earth for the second time today. Which is one more then most people can ever hope to. :salute :cheers:
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:salute RIP sir
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:salute :pray
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Sad news. I graduated from Purdue, same as Neil, this will affect us Boilers more than most.
(http://i.space.com/images/i/3882/i02/081101-armstrong-statue-02.jpg)
Here's an article written about Neil that isn't going to be just like all the others written today: http://www.hammerandrails.com/2012/8/25/3268112/purdue-loses-a-national-treasure-neil-armstrong-dies-at-age-82
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:salute
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Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
Neil Armstrong
RIP Neil :salute
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Pilots take no special joy in walking.
Pilots like flying. Neil Armstrong was a pilot and Engineer first and foremost. Never thought I would say goodbye to him.
I feel genuine sadness.
I stayed up all night as a nine year old way back in '69 to see him step onto the moon. I can even pinpoint the spot in my Mother's house to this day.
I don't do heroes, but I suppose he is my one and only hero. In the end he never let us down.
Neil Armstrong
RIP Neil :salute
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R.I.P Neil.
Thanks for having been there for the whole mankind.
:salute
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Sad day... :pray :salute
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R.I.P Neil, you changed the world and will be forever remembered. :salute
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Fair skies and tailwinds forever, Neil.
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A couple from Purdue's statue, from tonight:
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/303618_10151040361493915_1334814422_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/399686_2997872484252_380174693_n.jpg)
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America will miss you. :salute :pray :angel:
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Heros arent supposed to die....such sad news. RIP Neil.. :salute
Heroes never die. :salute
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I wonder.. will he be given a state funeral/memorial?
I feel he (along with all the Mercury and Apollo astronauts) has earned that honor. :salute
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:salute Mr. Armstrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtFBRJFN3p8
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To boldly go where not man has gone before.
While the moon landing was not his personal achievement, he did have a significant part in it, including the personal risk and was the face of the success. Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa? Columbus crossed the Atlatic? Amundsen reached the south pole? F them, this guy flew to the moon. Seriously, we hardly give a split of thought to it, especially the younger among us, but the moon landing dwarfs every exploration expedition in human history.
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To boldly go where not man has gone before.
While the moon landing was not his personal achievement, he did have a significant part in it, including the personal risk and was the face of the success. Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa? Columbus crossed the Atlatic? Amundsen reached the south pole? F them, this guy flew to the moon. Seriously, we hardly give a split of thought to it, especially the younger among us, buy the moon landing dwarfs every exploration expedition in human history.
In fairness, you have to take into consideration the technology and knowledge base each of them was working from. Some achievements are more impressive than others in that light, though I agree the moon landing stands tallest. We probably did the moon missions a good ten or twenty years earlier than our technology was really matured for. Very impressive effort on behalf of all involved.
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In fairness, you have to take into consideration the technology and knowledge base each of them was working from.
And the budget. Most explorers or adventurers travel on their own dime not a carte banche from the greatest industrial nation on Earth. Now we only have robotic spacecraft that explore for us, but given the advances in imaging technology and other sensors I think those missions can be thrilling too. If all else fails we still have the Kerbal Space Program. ;)
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In fairness, you have to take into consideration the technology and knowledge base each of them was working from. Some achievements are more impressive than others in that light, though I agree the moon landing stands tallest. We probably did the moon missions a good ten or twenty years earlier than our technology was really matured for. Very impressive effort on behalf of all involved.
If Spain have had to invent the ship and develop nautical navigation just to send Colombus on his merry way, maybe then it would have been a basis for comparison. I cannot think of another case in history where a nation (super power no less) has put its incredible weight and resources in order make an epic exploration expedition possible. This is far more than convincing the king to shell out some $$$ to buy a couple of stock ships.
The fruits of the Apollo program are still being reaped to this day. The technology that was developed for the sole purpose of giving the finger to the Soviets and with no immediate economical application at the time has transformed our lives and repaid the investment in rates that only narcotic drugs can compete with.
Not to mention dreams. There was no real need to put a man on the moon. Unlike the old world, the flag that waves there does not allow the US to claim the moon. A manned mission was a symbol, a realization of a dream shared by almost all human from all nations throughout the ages. Just check how many kids stories talk about climbing on a ladder to the moon, or reaching it by other imaginary ways. It was just hanging there, taunting humanity to try and reach higher. And then this dude and his buddy Buzz went up there and got to hop around on it like a bunch of 4 years old in a playground. If this dream suddenly became reality, what else is possible? I was born a couple years after the last Apollo flight, but still knowing that men made it up there and seeing the pictures is something that gets me excited to this day and part of the reason I do what I do. I and many around the world owe this dream to the USA.
The sad truth is that this dream is fading and its heroes are ageing and dying. I bought my son (4 years old) a toy space shuttle after failing to find an astronaut toy which was not the character from "Toy story". It is one of his favourite toys. With a heavy heart I recently had to explain to him that these will not fly any more. 30 years ago, when I was among the kids being asked, the answer "astronaut" was a very common answer to "what will you be when you grow up?". How many kids will give this answer today?
"To go where not man has gone before" has been replaced with "to make more money than anyone has made before". So uninspiring.
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If Spain have had to invent the ship and develop nautical navigation just to send Colombus on his merry way, maybe then it would have been a basis for comparison. I cannot think of another case in history where a nation (super power no less) has put its incredible weight and resources in order make an epic exploration expedition possible. This is far more than convincing the king to shell out some $$$ to buy a couple of stock ships.
The fruits of the Apollo program are still being reaped to this day. The technology that was developed for the sole purpose of giving the finger to the Soviets and with no immediate economical application at the time has transformed our lives and repaid the investment in rates that only narcotic drugs can compete with.
Not to mention dreams. There was no real need to put a man on the moon. Unlike the old world, the flag that waves there does not allow the US to claim the moon. A manned mission was a symbol, a realization of a dream shared by almost all human from all nations throughout the ages. Just check how many kids stories talk about climbing on a ladder to the moon, or reaching it by other imaginary ways. It was just hanging there, taunting humanity to try and reach higher. And then this dude and his buddy Buzz went up there and got to hop around on it like a bunch of 4 years old in a playground. If this dream suddenly became reality, what else is possible? I was born a couple years after the last Apollo flight, but still knowing that men made it up there and seeing the pictures is something that gets me excited to this day and part of the reason I do what I do. I and many around the world owe this dream to the USA.
The sad truth is that this dream is fading and its heroes are ageing and dying. I bought my son (4 years old) a toy space shuttle after failing to find an astronaut toy which was not the character from "Toy story". It is one of his favourite toys. With a heavy heart I recently had to explain to him that these will not fly any more. 30 years ago, when I was among the kids being asked, the answer "astronaut" was a very common answer to "what will you be when you grow up?". How many kids will give this answer today?
"To go where not man has gone before" has been replaced with "to make more money than anyone has made before". So uninspiring.
Also should mention it was done on time as requested:
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important...and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish..."
- President John F. Kennedy, May 1961
Note that when Kennedy said this, in May, was the first time the US sent a man into suborbital "space" for the brief duration of only 15 minutes. To accomplish the goal as stated, only eight years later, was an amazing achievement for all of mankind. :salute
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Also should mention it was done on time as requested:
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important...and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish..."
- President John F. Kennedy, May 1961
Note that when Kennedy said this, in May, was the first time the US sent a man into suborbital "space" for the brief duration of only 15 minutes. To accomplish the goal as stated, only eight years later, was an amazing achievement for all of mankind. :salute
'Murica!
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:salute
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:angel: :salute
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I wish they hadn't taken away his 7 tour victories before he died. He didn't need steroids to go to the moon and probably didn't need any to ride a stupid bike.
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I wish they hadn't taken away his 7 tour victories before he died. He didn't need steroids to go to the moon and probably didn't need any to ride a stupid bike.
Thats Lance Armstrong eagl were are talking about Neil
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Thats Lance Armstrong eagl were are talking about Neil
That's a little something called sarcasm.
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Fair skies and tailwinds forever. :salute
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:salute Neil.
May your Eagle have a safe landing.