Neil Armstrong Dies

RIP.

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

Very sad about this...RIP

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

‎"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.

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...

RIP. In all likelihood will be remembered for centuries.

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.

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.

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)

matthew 21.18hirmjager;80433936]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...[/QUOTE]

Wow! Who remembers pye TVs?

Here's a documentary worth watching. I saw it last year some time. I don't think he makes an appearance in it but he trades emails with the presenter.

It's a pity that he shunned the spotlight as he did, but not everyone is comfortable being the most famous person in the world.

I had the pleasure of being in the concert hall when he was interviewed by Gay Byrne. He only did 7 or so interviews a year. He was utterly different to what you would expect, he was extremely nervous when he came onto the stage and completely unassuming.

Once he relaxed he was engaging and funny and fascinating. The two things that stick in my mind were, the computer on the Eagle had the same computing power as a calculator and when the time came for questions, the inevitable hoax question was asked by a skinny bloke with long hair, beard and glasses (no joke) to universal boos from the audience, Armstrong said it was actually a great question.

He said with 400,000 people involved in the Apollo programme it would be impossible to keep a hoax secret.

That's a role model !