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Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at age 82, NBC News has learned
Twitter | 08/25/12 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 08/25/2012 12:14:39 PM PDT by KevinDavis

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To: DallasDeb

Stand corrected. 13 flights of X-15, mostly future astronauts.


121 posted on 08/25/2012 2:04:36 PM PDT by DallasDeb (usafa06mom)
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To: DoughtyOne
I have some real problems with Kennedy, but this project is one thing I’ll always appreciate that he supported.

Ironically, the Chappaquiddick incident involving JFK's bloated, drunken slob of a brother was unfolding at the very same time the Apollo 11 mission was en route to the moon.

Talk about seeing the best and worst of America so starkly.

122 posted on 08/25/2012 2:04:54 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: tet68
Will Obama order the flags to Half staff? If anyone deserves it he does.

Oh, he has to.

123 posted on 08/25/2012 2:07:23 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM)
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To: KevinDavis

I am very sad.. These men were my boyhood heroes.


124 posted on 08/25/2012 2:09:31 PM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: hsalaw

I’m pretty sure that was the first Gemini flight—Alan Shepherd, not Armstrong.


125 posted on 08/25/2012 2:10:02 PM PDT by DallasDeb (usafa06mom)
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To: KevinDavis

What an astonishing life - no human in history can claim to have had an experience more unique than Neil Armstrong.

God bless you, sir.

God bless you, forever.


126 posted on 08/25/2012 2:10:36 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (OWS = The Great American Snivel War)
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To: usconservative

I was 14 years old. I remember running up the stair, and my parents in the living room. They said a Neil Armstrong was going to land on the moon and to stay and watch. I said “I don’t care!” (stupid teenager that I was!) They said “GET DOWN HERE NOW!” I obeyed, grumpily. I can’t believe, looking back, that I almost missed it! Thanks to my mom and dad! They wanted their daughter to see history being made! I’m glad they made me watch.


127 posted on 08/25/2012 2:10:47 PM PDT by sneakers (Go Sheriff Joe!)
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Rest in Peace, Neil.


128 posted on 08/25/2012 2:11:46 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("Give me Liberty or I'll stand up and get it for myself!")
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To: Alberta's Child

I have a yellowing copy of my local paper of the moon landing. Biggest headline ever in green ink no less saying Man on Moon but at the bottom of the front page is an item about Chappaquiddick. It is an interesting juxtaposition.


129 posted on 08/25/2012 2:12:06 PM PDT by xp38
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To: VanDeKoik
It is far past time that other have been farther out there than he.

James Lovell and Fred Haise did on Apollo 13.

130 posted on 08/25/2012 2:14:51 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM)
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To: lonestar

You’re lucky to have met them.

And BTW, that secretary must have been a prophet. At the time she told you that, Armstrong wasn’t planned to be the first to set foot on the moon. IIRC, it was supposed to be Collins on a different mission. But the Apollo 1 disaster rearranged the schedules.


131 posted on 08/25/2012 2:15:14 PM PDT by wolfpat (Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. -- Cicero)
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To: KevinDavis

True and genuine American hero. What I admired most about him was the way he lived his life afterwards.... not with fanfare or lust for attention and money, but with humbleness, dignity, and a quiet reserve.

A great American and role model for all to learn from.


132 posted on 08/25/2012 2:15:53 PM PDT by LMControl
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To: KevinDavis

Mr. Armstrong’s courage and adventurous spirit was huge in defeating the Soviet Union in the propaganda war between the east and west. The race to the moon proved once and for all the USA was the superior system of government.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Armstrong. You are one of my few remaining heros.


133 posted on 08/25/2012 2:19:53 PM PDT by reaganbooster (The democrat party symbol should be the grim reaper instead of the donkey.)
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To: Mike Darancette

They did because of the circumstances involved with Apollo 13.


134 posted on 08/25/2012 2:20:55 PM PDT by wastedyears (The First Law of Heavy Metal: Not all metal is satanic.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Boy, no kidding. I was young back then and don’t believe I ever put the two together like that. Thanks for the mention. At 18 I just wasn’t tuned in to matters like Teddy, although I do remember some of the proceedings.


135 posted on 08/25/2012 2:21:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Americans want what Americans always wanted: Better lives for families; little government authority.)
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To: mowowie

No, We will have a colony on the moon, soon...


136 posted on 08/25/2012 2:22:18 PM PDT by Shady (The Tea Party is the Party of the American People, Working and creating wealth in SPITE of OBAMA!)
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To: KevinDavis

May he rest in peace. Prayers for his family.


137 posted on 08/25/2012 2:22:42 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: KevinDavis

Heard the sad news: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/25/astronaut-neil-armstrong-dies-at-82/

My husband just put up the American flag.
Neil Armstrong was a *real* American hero!


138 posted on 08/25/2012 2:28:00 PM PDT by NEWwoman (God Bless America)
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To: DallasDeb

yopur getting closer Deb, yep Alan Shepherd, first Mercury sub-orbital flight 1961


139 posted on 08/25/2012 2:29:45 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: DallasDeb

your getting closer Deb, yep Alan Shepherd, first Mercury sub-orbital flight 1961


140 posted on 08/25/2012 2:30:08 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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