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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: KevinDavis

Childhood hero gone. Love you, man!

Rest in Peace!

Tearing up


181 posted on 08/25/2012 4:53:07 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: tet68

He IS the Super Hero of my generation.

RIP


182 posted on 08/25/2012 5:00:26 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: KevinDavis; SunkenCiv

RIP....

Has to be regarded as one of the greatest Americans.

From the few times I’ve seen him on camera, it seemed to come through, what a genuinely good person he was.


183 posted on 08/25/2012 5:01:56 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy
That's embarrassing, but coming from NBC News I'm not surprised.

One of my FB "friends" just posted that headline, and I felt obligated to add a few choice words about my opinion of NBC News.

I can't believe they screwed up the headline of the passing of one of the great American heroes. I remember ... as a 10-year-old ... being glued to the TV set back then watching this historic event.

184 posted on 08/25/2012 5:02:57 PM PDT by mellow velo (Oxymorons: jumbo shrimp, rap music, liberal think-tank)
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To: KevinDavis

RIP Neil Armstrong! You gave my teenage years a real jolt! Thank you!


185 posted on 08/25/2012 5:10:51 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

Just shaking my head at what NBC has become! Then again, it was NBC that caused me to quit watching the news, via the networks, over 20 years ago!


186 posted on 08/25/2012 5:16:09 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: KevinDavis

I’ll never forget that day. We watched it on TV. Back then it was fuzzy TV, but it was great. If I remember correctly, the actual landing was in the early morning, after midnight and we stayed up to watch it. I was in high school.


187 posted on 08/25/2012 5:20:39 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Signs of the Times are clear. The days grow short. Your only way to avoid is BELIEVE in Him!)
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To: KevinDavis

As this great man’s family has suggested -——— I’ll never ever be able to look at the moon again without winking. He was a man we will never forget and will always be proud of in our hearts.


188 posted on 08/25/2012 5:21:19 PM PDT by Exit148
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“I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.”
—Neil Armstrong


189 posted on 08/25/2012 5:22:03 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Obama hates Mexicans (Fast and Furious))
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To: mellow velo

Dear NBC contrary to your headline I am still alive.

190 posted on 08/25/2012 5:24:57 PM PDT by xp38
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To: KevinDavis

Having a memory like a steel trap, I remember paying close attention to the TV for the moment when he would step off of the LEM and what he would say. When he said “That’s one small step for a man and one giant leap for mankind”, everyone in the room did not catch it because it was partly garbled, until Walter Cronkite repeated it about 15 seconds later.


191 posted on 08/25/2012 5:38:23 PM PDT by Hawk54
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To: KevinDavis

I was 2 months old when he walked on the moon. Hope he is in Heaven. Prayers to him and his family.


192 posted on 08/25/2012 5:44:55 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Attention Republican National Convention voters....Santorum/Bachmann 2012! Dump liberal Romney NOW!)
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To: KevinDavis

My friend worked with him at the UC and said he was the most HUMBLE of men she had ever met....even AFTER he stepped on the moon!!!!! OMG!! Walkied on the MOON!!!! The COURAGE is INDESCRIBABLE!!! RIP.


193 posted on 08/25/2012 5:44:55 PM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: KevinDavis
WAY too many messages to see if this is already posted, but here's the footage of the moonwalk
194 posted on 08/25/2012 5:45:10 PM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: tet68

http://twitter.com/whitehouse/statuses/239490146465107968

Obama sent his condolences. I am sure that 1/2 staff will be announced Monday for the funeral day.


195 posted on 08/25/2012 5:46:48 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Attention Republican National Convention voters....Santorum/Bachmann 2012! Dump liberal Romney NOW!)
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To: KevinDavis

Lord Jesus, rest the soul of Thy servant Neil with Thy saints.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.


196 posted on 08/25/2012 5:47:29 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: Reily

I’m with you, FRiend. I turned 14 a few months afterward. I remember VIVIDLY....watching those astonishing black-and-white television images from the moon; watching Neil, then Buzz, hop off that ladder onto the lunar surface.

It set the course of my life for many, many years to come.

RIP, sir. You lifted the spirits and hearts of all mankind. May God welcome you Home.


197 posted on 08/25/2012 5:54:50 PM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: RightOnline

I remember I was five when I stood outside with everyone in the neighborhood on that summer night. We all gazed up, pointing and chatting about the moon, imagining we could see the astronauts, waling around up there.

That’s the point at which I became so proud to be an American. From then on, anything seemed possible.


198 posted on 08/25/2012 6:10:33 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: wolfpat
I've read that the decisions who would go when were made not long before the flights but her statement about him being the first to walk on the moon is WHY I remembered meeting Armstrong. I had never heard of him before. Astronauts and NASA people were not strangers to our apt complex.

But that is what she said and it came true. In fact,when she said, "you just met the first man to walk on the moon," we asked which one... Elliot See was with him that day. He was later killed.

It was a fun interesting time to be living in Houston. John Glenn was the one I was around the most.

199 posted on 08/25/2012 6:11:17 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: hsalaw
Great story.

It was Mercury, Gemini, Armstrong and all of the Apollo missions which pushed my interest in Astronomy. During that time I stared at the lunar surface with a $20 Sears telescope until my eyes crossed, building other small scopes as time and money would permit.

A few years ago, with help from family, I built a small optical observatory for astronomical imaging. One recent image is below.

I toast Neil Armstrong for a job well done. This one's for Neil and all those who made the landing possible!

10"SCT- Canon 40D 16x150 seconds ISO800- CLS filter w6.3 Focal reducer.

Veil Nebula is an old supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. It is the remains of cataclysmic explosion of star that exploded between 5,000 and 8,000 years ago. This nebula is about 1,860 light-years distance.

200 posted on 08/25/2012 6:16:00 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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