Saturday, August 25, 2012

RIP - Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies at 82

Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the moon

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legal stranger said...

Truly a remarkable man with out of this world accomplishments.

August 25, 2012 at 7:17 PM
OrbsCorbs said...

A salute to Neil Armstrong. Thank you for your service.

August 25, 2012 at 8:36 PM
OKIE said...

Thanks Mr. Armstrong for providing one of my best memories ever.

August 25, 2012 at 9:12 PM
SER said...

To me it was/is amazing how the “Mush Heads” can figure out how to put a man on the moon, bring them back to earth and TIME it sooooo close. My hat is off to all these men and women.

I heard one time and don’t know if this is true or not but a news reporter asked some of the astronauts who walked on the moon, “what do they plan on doing next”? I guess they got a little upset with the reporter, they just walked on the moon, “is there a next”?

August 25, 2012 at 10:24 PM
TSE said...

“It is commonly believed that man will fly directly from the earth to the moon, but to do this, we would require a vehicle of such gigantic proportions that it would prove an economic impossibility. It would have to develop sufficient speed to penetrate the atmosphere and overcome the earth’s gravity and, having traveled all the way to the moon, it must still have enough fuel to land safely and make the return trip to earth. Furthermore, in order to give the expedition a margin of safety, we would not use one ship alone, but a minimum of three … each rocket ship would be taller than New York’s Empire State Building [almost ¼ mile high] and weigh about ten times the tonnage of the Queen Mary, or some 800,000 tons.”

Wernher von Braun, the father of the Apollo space program, writing in Conquest of the Moon

Wagging the Moondoggie"

There still is no definitive proof that the United States successfully went to the Moon and back.

10 reasons the Apollo landings were 'faked'

August 26, 2012 at 4:42 AM
SER said...

TSE it's all in the President's Book of Secrets. I saw it in the movie National Treasure

August 26, 2012 at 10:24 AM
hale-bopp said...

Really, TSE? Did you not even notice ON THE VERY PAGE YOU LINKED TO is a link to the answers to the Moon Hoax nonsense?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5833633/Apollo-11-Moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-debunked.html

Those arguments are laughable at best.

August 26, 2012 at 4:55 PM
legal stranger said...

When it comes to government, the concept of question everything is appropriate. After childhood, trust is both cherished and earned.

August 27, 2012 at 11:09 AM
Beejay said...

Hale, I'm sure thie passing of Neil Armstrong hit you harder than most...this man was instrumental in what you do and your study of the universe. I'm always amazed at your knowledge of the stars, and for this man to have walked on the moon....I'm speechless of his accomplishment and bravery...I salute everyone involved in the space program, including our very own Hale. Godspeed, Neil Armstrong, and God bless.

August 27, 2012 at 6:23 PM

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