http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/25/astronaut-neil-armstrong-dies-at-82/
Damn. He was my hero. RIP to one of the greatest explorers in human history.
A giant. Truly the first to boldly go where no man had gone before. RIP.
Neil Armstrong was a modest man.
But over the years he had grown weary of people asking him how he had written the famous phrase he uttered as he first stepped on the moon, “That’s one small step for a man…”
Well, at one conference, a man from the audience once again asked him about the famous line.
Neil said, “Well actually, what I said was, ‘That’s one small step for a man, and one giant leap for mankind. And mazel tov, Mr. Goldberg.’”
“What?” shouted many in the audience.
“Yes,” said Neil. “When I was a young boy in Ohio, on summer nights, I would look out the open window, and see the moon and stars, and hope for the day when I would walk among them. But every night, I would hear my next-door neighbors, the Goldbergs, arguing. He was always begging for oral sex, and she would answer, ‘Yeah, right…when men walk on the moon!!!’”
Normally I don’t care when famous people pass away but this one actually made me feel a little sad. I can only hope he continues to live on as a legend.
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:Normally I don’t care when famous people pass away but this one actually made me feel a little sad. I can only hope he continues to live on as a legend.[/quote]I was five years old. I remember. It will always be at the top of the list of singularly historical events in all of human history. His name will never die. Not for ten thousand years, should the Lord tarry that long. In case somebody wants to see the actual video as it happened live in 1969 http://gregnmary.gotdns.com/flix/Moon_Live_69.flv I captured and encoded this myself a while back. The quality couldn’t be made better and still have a reasonable file size which is already 100 megs. Residential connection. It’s an unembedded file so you’ll have to download the whole thing and play it yourself with something like VLC. Very cool though. We get to see ol Wally Cronkite in action again too.
What people don’t realize is how smart he really was. He was like mega-super-smart, as was Buzz Aldrin. As he now touches the universe from the other side I salute the man on the moon.
Was at a local bookstore a 3 days before he died.
Saw this on the wall, thought it was interesting so i decided to snap a picture of it with my phone. Weird coincidence huh.
The Globe and Mail is still in circulation today.
As far as news clippings go, I still have the Sept 12 2001 paper in my house.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Was at a local bookstore a 3 days before he died.
Saw this on the wall, thought it was interesting so i decided to snap a picture of it with my phone. Weird coincidence huh.
The Globe and Mail is still in circulation today.[/quote]Notice the reference to Chappaquiddick and that lowlife Ted Kennedy at the bottom which happened two days earlier. Not to hijack my own thread. Cool shot Raj.
The moon landings were the peak of human technological achievement to me. I went to Cape Canaveral a couple of decades ago and it was just epic, I recommend it to one and all.
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
The moon landings were the peak of human technological achievement to me. I went to Cape Canaveral a couple of decades ago and it was just epic, I recommend it to one and all.[/quote]The Saturn V launch vehicle is still among the most powerful utilitarian machines ever built by the hand of man.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
The moon landings were the peak of human technological achievement to me. I went to Cape Canaveral a couple of decades ago and it was just epic, I recommend it to one and all.[/quote]The Saturn V launch vehicle is still among the most powerful utilitarian machines ever built by the hand of man.
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Yes, it is. I recommend the trip to see that mutha, it’s awe inspiring stuff.
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
The moon landings were the peak of human technological achievement to me. I went to Cape Canaveral a couple of decades ago and it was just epic, I recommend it to one and all.[/quote]
It’s time to go back to the moon. I figure, if we are ever going to put a man on Mars, we have to start going to the moon. With the tech we have now, it should be way easier than before.
[quote]pat wrote:
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
The moon landings were the peak of human technological achievement to me. I went to Cape Canaveral a couple of decades ago and it was just epic, I recommend it to one and all.[/quote]
It’s time to go back to the moon. [/quote]
I’m a complete fan boy…does it show? You’re preaching to the quire hehehe
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
[quote]pat wrote:
[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
The moon landings were the peak of human technological achievement to me. I went to Cape Canaveral a couple of decades ago and it was just epic, I recommend it to one and all.[/quote]
It’s time to go back to the moon. [/quote]
I’m a complete fan boy…does it show? You’re preaching to the quire hehehe[/quote]
I am sick as a dog and fortunately the H2 had a tribute to Neil Armstrong all day, it was great. Feel like shit though.
I don’t know what “H2” is, but I hope ya feel better Pat.