Neil Armstrong Dies

Pilotdude5

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/neil-armstrong-dead-at-age-82-report/story-fn3dxix6-1226458176249

R. I. P.

Its sad to think that its quiet possible all the Apollo astronauts will pass on before humans once again set foot on other rocks.

ringadingding

Fairly quiet alright

Mr Benevolent

Ah shit. RIP, a good man.

Biggins

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/25/neil-armstrong-dead-_n_1830343.html

https://twitter.com/nbcnightlynews/statuses/239436996110606336

Basq

RIP..

.. that's one giant loss for mankind!

1ZRed

Wow I didn't realise he was 82! His image was always so preserved as a young man in the media even to this day. A great man none the less

Lapin

He has taken the ultimate Giant Leap.

May he Rest in Peace.

AnonoBoy

Before anyone posts that story about his next door neighbour and oral sex. It's an urban legend.

girl in the striped socks

I thought you meant the singer

Crann na Beatha

This post has been deleted.

Chips Ahoy

RIP...too the man who invented the moon walk

mauzo

Off to the Kennedy space centre on monday. Now it will be sad

steddyeddy

A friend of mine put this on facebook and other people post about x-factor. Im begining to wonder.

ringadingding

ringadingding wrote: »

Fairly quiet alright

My bad, seemed a funny good idea at the time. ( few scoops)

RIP

Incredible to think what this man (and obviously the crew behind him) achieved.

El Guapo!

RIP
Legend of a guy.
I just hope this thread doesn't turn into a moon landing conspiracy thread.

3ndahalfof6

RIP he was brilliant at arm wrestling to.

Jimmy Iovine

Sad to hear about his death.

I have his biography here in my room. I really should get around to reading it now.

Motorist

Aquila wrote: »

RIP

He's not dead. It's all an elaborate CIA hoax.

AnonoBoy

Motorist wrote: »

He's not dead. It's all an elaborate CIA hoax.

Can we not leave that sort of nonsense in the Conspiracy Theories forum where it belongs?

SScope

RIP

WhimSock

The moon is only an Alabaster Retard.

rugbyman

its just to take the heat off his cousin Lance, to whom he gave some of that moon dust,

whats this about the neighbour?
Rugbyman

AnonoBoy

rugbyman wrote: »

its just to take the heat off his cousin Lance, to whom he gave some of that moon dust,

whats this about the neighbour?
Rugbyman

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

Sappa

Sad day for mankind,a true fighter and he lived some life that many can only dream about.

KKkitty

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong.

Cienciano

It's one Armstrong America can be proud of, a true legend.

Sonics2k

One of my childhood heroes.

While I'm usually not one to really be fussed when a stranger dies, the man contributed to one of the greatest changes in our history and how we view the world today.

A sad loss.

Katunga

R.I.P.
Neil Armstrong

Duff

Takes some balls to do what he/they did. R.I.P

eth0

RIP. Salt of the earth moon lad

Sierra 117

RIP.

I can't begin to fathom the courage that's needed to travel into space.

WumBuster

A true hero, unlike that other Armstrong fella

ForeverYoungx

Very sad about this...RIP

Kintarō Hattori

Really very interesting guy. Apparently while all the other test pilots were typical jocks he was quiet and technical. I remember reading a story that he got his finger caught on his pick-up truck and tore part of it off. Instead of panicking as most would, he casually looked for it, put it on ice and drove himself to the hospital.

He always seemed very respectful and no-one had a bad word to say. I felt a little sad for him through, as in later life he became something of a recluse. He somewhat reviled the infamy that the moon landing brought upon him and the exploitation of him/his intellectual property for other peoples gain.

emo72

What a great life he achieved. 12 men walked on our moon. They will soon be all gone.

df1985

God Speed...

RIP.

MetalDog

‎"It suddenly struck me, that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."
-Neil Armstrong
1930-2012.

marcsignal

R.I.P. Neil

This ones for you..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKE3FSPJu-4

Fallschirmjager

if you ever get a chance to see that discovery channel programme about his decision to take control of the lander when he realised it was failing, i strongly recommend it. the landing computer kept rebooting on the way down. he literally took charge of a potential disaster and took the decision on his own. he flew a completely unstable lander across the surface of the moon on his own looking out a small porthole window. he flew the only other lander for 20 seconds on earth before having to eject before it crashed.

most people dont realise the president at the time had 2 speeches prepared. the successful landing one and the other...they would have to leave them to die on the moon.

a legend...a sad sad day. i always remember my mum telling us to watch the landing on tv on a black and white pye tv...

a truly amazing man...

admiralofthefleet

must be the shock of the possibility of losing his 7 tour de france medals

cyrusdvirus

AnonoBoy wrote: »

rugbyman wrote: »

its just to take the heat off his cousin Lance, to whom he gave some of that moon dust,

whats this about the neighbour?
Rugbyman

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

In relation to that he always maintained that he had only come up with his "one small step" quote when he and Aldrin actually landed, and it wasn't a ore approved phrase.

Peter Conrad's first words when HE stepped onto the moon during the Apollo 12 mission seem to back this up
"Whoppee... That may have been a small one for Neil but its a big one for me"

Kurz

Forever in Blue Jeans Neil, Forever in Blue Jeans.

Hande hoche!

RIP. In all likelihood will be remembered for centuries.

Jesus Shaves

Not a good week for the armstrongs, R.I.P Neil

MayoForSam

Farewell Neil, you were made of the Right Stuff.

Cool under pressure, he was a true inspiration to engineers and scientists the world over who want to push back the boundaries and not just be content with scratching around on this Pale Blue Dot indefinitely.

Anyone interested in the tale of the Apollo astronauts should check out 'In the Shadow of the Moon', a documentary from a few years ago that he appeared in.

The_Kew_Tour

RIP

will never be forgotten thats for sure

B.A._Baracus

A man who will go down in history.
He was 82. Celebrate his life and extraordinary achievements rather than his death. He led a good life.


I imagine if the moon is ever colonised there will be a part with his name on it.

The_Kew_Tour

Just watching Sky News and whoever is talking has not much time for Buzz Aldrin.

Itssoeasy

RIP

That is now four of the twelve men who walked on the moon now deceased.

Alan Sheppard 1998 (apollo 14)
Pete Conrad 1999 (Apollo 12)
James Irvin 1991 (apollo 15)
Neil Armstrong 2012 (apollo 11)

ITS_A_BADGER

ah no way i only watched a documentry about the apollo 11 the other day and was thinking what a great man!!

link to said documentry :http://motionempire.me/Watch_Apollo_11_The_Untold_Story_-2006-_Documentary_Online_for_Free_44393.html

They would have been stuck on the moon had it not been for armstrong fixing a circuit breaker with and all he had on him was a pen!

RIP