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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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| Great Actor |
| By tuma324 on 2012-08-26 14:33:41 |
| RIP. |
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| RE[4]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-26 14:38:46 |
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Apple has money, the US has an enormous debt and Neil Armstrong didn't go bombing Koreans because he figured it was a quick and safe way to earn a buck. Money doesn't exist. To make trade easier we made stuff we called money and agreed it has a certain worth, just like we agreed how chess pieces move. In nature and the universe there is no money. No anthill or beehive ever went bust. No birds ever stopped migrating, because they couldn't effort the trip. No lost tourist was ever able to bribe a lion with money. No dolphin ever stopped having a fun time, because he was too busy finding a job to pay his bills. No alpha ape ever went around collecting taxes. No alien species would ever accept our money in exchange for their technology, because money is worthless unless you and others agree it has a value. Earth and the universe did fine for billions of years without any money. |
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| RE[2]: What's all the fuss about |
| By Alfman on 2012-08-26 15:01:52 |
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kwan_e, I agree with the OP that we tend to over-credit the individual and under-credit the team, many of whom will never get public recognition for their efforts. Not to be disrespectful to Armstrong, his moon landing is a testament to human achievement and he deserves credit for being the first, but he would probably admit that he was a *very* lucky guy to have landed that role, it might have easily gone to someone else. |
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| RE[5]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By Alfman on 2012-08-26 15:04:10 |
| I'm going to smack the next person who mentions "Apple" in this article. |
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| RE[6]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-26 15:05:54 |
| As long as you don't smack an alien. We don't want an article about Neil Armstrong to be the cause of an intergalactic war. |
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| RE[3]: What's all the fuss about |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-26 15:34:47 |
| Well, he did mention something about a small step for one man and a giant leap for mankind as he got of his ride. |
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| Letter from Neil Armstrong |
| By Vai777 on 2012-08-26 17:55:09 |
| My mother did a school research project back in the day and she manage to get a signed letter by Neil Armstrong. She still have it in a box to this day. I remember to have read it. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by marcp |
| By marcp on 2012-08-26 18:06:16 |
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As usual, people don't get the joke and probobly think that I have something against this great man. Humanity ... d'oh! Yeah, right, mod the f$@! down. You have an obvious reason to do so, you bunch of insensitive clots! PS in case anyone's wondering: yes, that is also a joke. Bye. |
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| Tourism |
| By Treza on 2012-08-26 21:16:07 |
| Armstrong spent 3 hours on the moon, saw there was nothing there, and came back with a handful of sand. |
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| Comment by siki_miki |
| By siki_miki on 2012-08-26 21:24:39 |
| The guy is an icon, celebrity. Same as Gagarin (even as both were just a tip of the iceberg that made this happen). First guy to be there, and as such will be noted in the history books, although we could say the moon is only a rock out of many (and US merely made a cold war spectacle out of it). |
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