mc5aw
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A different man from a different time ... before million $ athlete contracts, reality TV, and cell phones. What he accomplished as an adventurer, a pioneer, and an American is almost unquantifiable in today's world.
RIP Neil Armstrong
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Gunslinger808
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To a brave man, great explorer, and the hero of a generation.
Go in peace.
Go in peace.
silentflyer
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A true American hero, not in it for "me", but for the good of all. Never did try to "cash in"...I hope his spirit is on a another voyage through space and time..
The Last Standing Knight
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I remember the news media going into endless hours of live team coverage for "celebrities" such as Michael Jackson, et al.
I always decried this coverage.
However, Cmdr. Armstrong rates it, deserves it, and should get it. We have lost a man whose like we shall never see again. We as a people, a nation, are poorer for his loss.
I always decried this coverage.
However, Cmdr. Armstrong rates it, deserves it, and should get it. We have lost a man whose like we shall never see again. We as a people, a nation, are poorer for his loss.
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mc5aw
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For those old enough to remember, here's a snippet of footage that is as chilling as it is thrilling ...
First Moon Landing 1969 - YouTube
First Moon Landing 1969 - YouTube
God speed Sir!
Sebago Son
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I remember driving 60 miles that night just to watch the landing in color. Even if the moon feed was black and white.
jr_tex
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A true American Hero.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
imjin138
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I remember watching him as a kid, I watched a 60 minutes interview a few years ago he never tried to cash in on his fame, A real American hero.
PartyPooper
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He was awesome and humble and never even wanting the notoriety of it all!
Truly a real hero!
mjr
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Neil Armstrong's passing has saddened me more than any death I can remember for a long time. I don't know why, exactly. Maybe it reminds me of how much we've lost in the past forty years, and how cheap and shallow so many things have become.
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Rest in peace you true Super Hero!!
LVSteve
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His picture should be next to the dictionary entry for "Hero and Gentleman". Fly high, Freebird.
Straightshooter2
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(To the tune of the Navy Hymn)
Almighty ruler of the all
Whose power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
Oh grant Thy mercy and Thy grace
To those who venture into space. -- Robert A Heinlein
RIP Neil. You were one of my heroes.
CW
Almighty ruler of the all
Whose power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
Oh grant Thy mercy and Thy grace
To those who venture into space. -- Robert A Heinlein
RIP Neil. You were one of my heroes.
CW
He described himself as "a nerdy, white socks, pocket protector engineer." How can you find fault with a man capable of that kind of humility? 
I believe that exceptional men "come along" periodically, and I believe more will be sent to us as we need them. And we are going to be needing them!
In the meantime, RIP Mr. Armstrong. We will miss you.
I believe that exceptional men "come along" periodically, and I believe more will be sent to us as we need them. And we are going to be needing them!
In the meantime, RIP Mr. Armstrong. We will miss you.
labworm
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Sad, a great man with a huge set. I remember watching it on TV, totally mind blowing. RIP
The whole group of these pioneers of space should always be remembered, a few gave their lives.
Elton John - Rocket Man - YouTube
The whole group of these pioneers of space should always be remembered, a few gave their lives.
Elton John - Rocket Man - YouTube
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One giant leap for mankind. RIP. Joe
geoff40
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Dang! 
As we all know, there are those moments in life where you never forget where you were and what you were doing when you heard the news.
That night back then, in July of 1969, is a unique moment in the history of man. Everyone remembers, surely. But what separates it from all the rest, is that everywhere there was TV, everything stopped, and everyone watched. The whole entire world just came to a halt. And cheered. Over the years I've spoken to people who were in Britan, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Africa, Japan, Mexico, and more; their stories are all the same. Everything just stopped, and everyone was watching it live. People across the world cheered for America and Americans.
I don't think there has ever been anything like it before, maybe when we land on Mars it might be the same kind of thing, but somehow I doubt it will have the same amount of magic in it.
Rest in peace, Commander! And hats off to you!
As we all know, there are those moments in life where you never forget where you were and what you were doing when you heard the news.
That night back then, in July of 1969, is a unique moment in the history of man. Everyone remembers, surely. But what separates it from all the rest, is that everywhere there was TV, everything stopped, and everyone watched. The whole entire world just came to a halt. And cheered. Over the years I've spoken to people who were in Britan, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Africa, Japan, Mexico, and more; their stories are all the same. Everything just stopped, and everyone was watching it live. People across the world cheered for America and Americans.
I don't think there has ever been anything like it before, maybe when we land on Mars it might be the same kind of thing, but somehow I doubt it will have the same amount of magic in it.
Rest in peace, Commander! And hats off to you!
Scary Gary
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I remember my parents having myself and my two sisters watch it live in black and white on our little TV. My sisters and I recorded it on our Say It Play kids toy tape recorder. And then we went to their ticker tape parade in Chicago.
I was 7 years old.
I was 7 years old.
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Not only an Astronaut, but a heck of a test pilot, too. He made many flights in the X-15 at Edwards. Men like this are few and far between.
RIP, Neil Armstrong!!
RIP, Neil Armstrong!!
HaveSmithwillTravel
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Was sitting in Fort KNOX when he landed and felt so proud to be an American in '69.
10mmauto
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A truly sad day. RIP Neil Armstrong.
And think..we are one day closer to having no one left on this earth who has walked on another world. That will be a tragic day.
And think..we are one day closer to having no one left on this earth who has walked on another world. That will be a tragic day.
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mc5aw
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Here's some wonderful footage from 1962. Listen for the show host's question toward the end, when he asks Mrs. Armstrong how she would feel if her son was the first man on the moon!
Neil Armstrong's Parents - I've Got a Secret - YouTube
Neil Armstrong's Parents - I've Got a Secret - YouTube
kdailey
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We have lost a True American Hero, and one that all men somewhere within them crave to emulate.
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I've always felt lucky in the fact that my dad drove his family from PA to Florida to see Apollo 11 launch. I also remember that back then (pre terrorist days), people were allowed to actually take a tour that took them right up to the Saturn V sitting on the launch pad. We were on the last tour that allowed that the day before the actual launch. I'll never forget watching that baby fly! I also remember well actually being able to see the "wave of power" sweeping across the Indian River towards us. That was incredible when it arrived!
Astronaut Armstrong is indeed an American hero (did y'all know he originally wasn't to be the first down the ladder?) but never forget the men that paved the way, three of whom died. Let's also not forget the two men that were there when thay landed and all those that came after them. Truly, they all have nerves of steel and this country owes them a debt of grattitude! God speed Mr. Armstrong!
Astronaut Armstrong is indeed an American hero (did y'all know he originally wasn't to be the first down the ladder?) but never forget the men that paved the way, three of whom died. Let's also not forget the two men that were there when thay landed and all those that came after them. Truly, they all have nerves of steel and this country owes them a debt of grattitude! God speed Mr. Armstrong!
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One of the remarkable things about him was that he didn't try to make a career out of it and go around boosting himself.
He answered the call of a President in a goal all Americans believed in and wanted. We had an enemy to defeat without shooting (cold war). We set out to prove we were/are the best. It's what our Government aspired us to do. The goal came from our leaders and we answered. Neil, and hundreds of thousands of others answered the call.
Armstrong was the best choice for that historic step.
I was 11 years old when it happened, and we were on vacation to my grandparents in Alberta. Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Neighbors, it didn't matter, the conversation was about the moon landing. My grandmother was born the year the Wright Brothers flew for the first time, and she was astounded at the fact that in her lifetime we had gone from barely getting off the ground to landing on the moon. Everyone was glued to the TV set. Walter Cronkite getting emotional? That was unheard of.
I knew I could never be an astronaut (I'm 20/200 without the glasses) but I was in awe. Now that I'm older, what I'm really in awe of is that they did it with less computing power in the command module than what's in your smart phone.
I was 11 years old when it happened, and we were on vacation to my grandparents in Alberta. Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Neighbors, it didn't matter, the conversation was about the moon landing. My grandmother was born the year the Wright Brothers flew for the first time, and she was astounded at the fact that in her lifetime we had gone from barely getting off the ground to landing on the moon. Everyone was glued to the TV set. Walter Cronkite getting emotional? That was unheard of.
I knew I could never be an astronaut (I'm 20/200 without the glasses) but I was in awe. Now that I'm older, what I'm really in awe of is that they did it with less computing power in the command module than what's in your smart phone.
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