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| Neil Armstrong passed away |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-25 19:40:26 |
| "Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday on Aug. 5. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of 'one giant leap for mankind'. He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin." Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Such a great man. The world lost a true legendary hero today. This man will be an inspiration for generations to come. |
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| Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-25 19:42:30 |
| A great man has left us. |
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| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-08-25 19:49:58 |
| Puts our stupid bickering over stuff that doesn't matter in perspective, don't it? :( |
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| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-25 20:01:35 |
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We just went to the movies and while I was standing in the parking lot I noticed the moon only to find out moments later Neil Armstrong passed away. I think that looking at the stars or looking at pictures of the Earth is a great way of putting things in to perspective. Chances are we are the only intelligent live in this part of the galaxy and instead of being happy and doing science stuff to reach out to the stars and the mysteries of live, the universe and everything we make up all these things that make us unhappy. Money, borders, patents, rules, religion. Just think about it how insane money is. Money doesn't exist, we made it up and then we spend our lives acquiring it, killing others for it, saying we can't help others because we don't have enough money or don't want to spend it. One day a killer astroid will come at us and we can't stop it, because we don't have enough money. If aliens visit us one day, no matter how smart they are they'll never figure out what we are doing here and why. Neil was lucky, for a brief moment he escaped the madness and walked on the f*cking moon! It's hard to top that. "It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons." -- Douglas Noel Adams |
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| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By tanzam75 on 2012-08-25 22:42:38 |
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Hear hear. The guy had nerves of steel. He saved the Gemini 8 mission after a thruster stuck open, rolling the spacecraft so rapidly that the astronauts' vision became blurry. He ejected from an out-of-control LLRV that could've killed him. And he guided the Eagle to its lunar landing, with just 25 seconds of fuel to spare. Not only that, but the computer overloaded twice and then directed the LM at a boulder field that could've destroyed it. And to top it all off, a premature fuel warning that made him think he had even less fuel than the little he had. |
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| The Right Stuff |
| By Cyberbear on 2012-08-25 23:43:28 |
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He really did have the Right Stuff. Godspeed Neil! |
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| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By lala on 2012-08-26 01:13:55 |
| Unbelievable story..examples right stuff. |
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| Bright star |
| By acobar on 2012-08-26 01:46:47 |
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Look up to the sky this night. We all will see a new bright star shining with an unsual steady light that was not there yesterday. We have one less hero walking on earth. Rest in peace great man. This is an unfortunate day for man, one giant miss for mankind. |
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| RE: Bright star |
| By kwan_e on 2012-08-26 02:20:19 |
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> Look up to the sky this night. We all will see a new bright star shining with an unsual steady light that was not there yesterday. That's not how stars work. Or rather, it statistically happens all the time. |
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| "I walked on the moon" |
| By kwan_e on 2012-08-26 02:21:33 |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q... |
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| What's all the fuss about |
| By bowkota on 2012-08-26 07:14:16 |
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Sad to see him go. Important historic figure yes but that's where I draw the line. The praising in the media is just ridiculous. This man was nothing special. He wasn't a hero and he was no greater than any of his numerous other colleagues waiting to take that seat. The true heroes and great men are the scientists and engineers working their ass off to get him (up) there; the ones who didn't receive any sort of praise or credit. Edited 2012-08-26 07:15 UTC |
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