Godspeed Neil Armstrong...

[Serk]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193587/Neil-Armstrong-dead-Famed-astronaut-man-moon-dies-aged-82.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[musclehead]

bummer, he definately had the right stuff. 

[Fudd]

It turns out walking on the moon was really a "small step".  Today, he has made a "giant leap".

He was the top of my hero list.

[OKIERYDER]

It turns out walking on the moon was really a "small step".  Today, he has made a "giant leap".

He was the top of my hero list.

         

[..]

It turns out walking on the moon was really a "small step".  Today, he has made a "giant leap".

He was the top of my hero list.

[R J]

RIP Brother.

1930-2012, 82 years old per the Paper.

[GreenLantern57]

He is just on his next mission. A true American hero.  Love what his family said to do in his memory.

[biguglyman]

Looked up to by nerdy geeks everywhere.  He made pocket protectors cool.  A genuine American hero.

[Dave Ritsema]

Another one gone from the greatest generation.
A true american hero, especially to a young boy in the 60's that wanted to be an astronaut when he grew up.

[Doc Moose]

RIP

A very quiet and unassuming man. His accomplishment did not go to his head.

I remember watching the event on TV that summer night.  Like so many people, after the landing, we all went outside and stared up at the moon in awe. 
What a lot of people didn't know was that due to an overshoot of the original landing zone, he took over in manual mode and landed the Eagle with about 20 seconds of fuel left.  Hence the comment from Houston that there were a lot of techs about to turn blue from holding their breath when word came of the landing.

He was a Purdue engineer, the engineering schools there are named after him.  A bronze statue is outside the entrance to the main engineering buildings showing a young man sitting there with an armful of books as a tribute to him.  He would want to be remembered that way.  He remained fiercely private after the accomplishment, never taking advantage of his fame.

His son also went to Purdue while I was there (brush with greatness?).

Rest in Peace, Neil.  A race well run.

[MacDragon]

One of my true heros as well... RIP. 

[#2944]

Watching the landing on TV, then later having coffee and lunch with him at the "Line Shack", NAS Memphis TN, very pleasant man to chat with....... geez thats over 40 years ago....
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