Members Cirrus Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 Rest in Peace Mr. Armstrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members erksin Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 I remember very vividly watching that on TV and I was only 4 at the time. A couple weeks later my family went to downtown Chicago to watch the ticker tape parade and I saw them ride past on the back of a big Lincoln Continental from my dad's shoulders. After that, I went as Neil Armstrong for Halloween three years in a row. I was positively obsessed with all things space. Kinda seems silly to say, but that event really did change my life and how I went on to view things - even at age 4. The appreciation I have for what they did and what has come since - I still marvel at it. Just yesterday, I was with my kid and my dad at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinnville, OR and they have a life-size replica of Apollo 11's Eagle lander on display. Took me right back to that night in 1969 sitting 2 inches away from a black and white screen hanging on every word. If you weren't there to watch it firsthand, you really can't appreciate just how intensely riveting and emotional it was for people. I still think it's the biggest and best thing Humanity has ever accomplished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 makes you wonder doesn't it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pelliott Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 Godspeed, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 at least Buzz Aldrin is alive. you guys see the video of him punching that guy in the face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 A thousand years from now, mankind may have forgotten the name of the guy who ran Apple, or maybe even who the Beatles were, but we'll probably still remember the first man to walk on the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members six acre lake Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 "RIP Neil Armstrong. Championship Cyclist and Green Day frontman. He finally gets to go to the moon for real this time because the moon is where God lives." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pedaltones Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 A true icon of all that is great about mankind. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WeStartToDrift Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 Ah man, I met the guy, incredibly friendly. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 Sad news. Of the twelve humans to have set foot on a spinning rock other than earth, only eight are still living.RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 Sad news. Of the twelve humans to have set foot on a spinning rock other than earth, only eight are still living.RIP moon curse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hiwatt Bob Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 Neil Armstrong was a {censored}in pimp. rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members RadioSilence Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 moon curse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members decode6 Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 Moonular Freezing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 Hold on. Let me get my hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 moon curse We're all cursed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nuke_diver Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 I still think it's the biggest and best thing Humanity has ever accomplished. +1 RIP Neil Certainly a day I will never forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've just checked the dates and it turns out every Apollo astronaut who's died has done so within two weeks of a full moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 A thousand years from now, mankind may have forgotten the name of the guy who ran Apple, or maybe even who the Beatles were, but we'll probably still remember the first man to walk on the moon. I doubt the Beatles will be any less forgotten than other famous composers from history, but whether or not that winds up being true or not, the names Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins go into the history books with the same kind of stature as names like Drake, Magellan, Polo, and Eriksson. Goodspeed Neil Armstrong. Thank you for your service to humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pelliott Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've just checked the dates and it turns out every Apollo astronaut who's died has done so within two weeks of a full moon I THINK you just pitched the best worst Sci Fi channel movie of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A.P. Ryder Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 I remember watching the moon landing on TV. RIP Neil Armstrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1DZReverendDavidLee Posted August 25, 2012 Members Share Posted August 25, 2012 I remember very vividly watching that on TV and I was only 4 at the time. A couple weeks later my family went to downtown Chicago to watch the ticker tape parade and I saw them ride past on the back of a big Lincoln Continental from my dad's shoulders.After that, I went as Neil Armstrong for Halloween three years in a row. I was positively obsessed with all things space.Kinda seems silly to say, but that event really did change my life and how I went on to view things - even at age 4. The appreciation I have for what they did and what has come since - I still marvel at it. Just yesterday, I was with my kid and my dad at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinnville, OR and they have a life-size replica of Apollo 11's Eagle lander on display. Took me right back to that night in 1969 sitting 2 inches away from a black and white screen hanging on every word. If you weren't there to watch it firsthand, you really can't appreciate just how intensely riveting and emotional it was for people. I still think it's the biggest and best thing Humanity has ever accomplished. Ditto to everything you said. R.I.P. to a true American hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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