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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

Saw this on Twitter.. But is true Neil Armstrong has died..


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apollo; apollo11; nasa; neilarmstrong; obit; obituary; rip; space; vanity
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To: KevinDavis
That man, NASA, so many gave us the inspiration and heart of learning to shoot the moon, to go beyond the stars, to realize our faintest imaginings could become reality

My heart goes out to the true real golfer in chief, the true leader/orator of hope and change. Prayers up for his family, his rocketmen brothers and sisters, his friends, to our nation, to all. Godspeed Mr Armstrong, Godspeed.

61 posted on 08/25/2012 1:11:42 PM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28, Romans 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: left that other site

Me too. Our heroes are all dying.


62 posted on 08/25/2012 1:12:03 PM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: KevinDavis

A TRUE American hero. Not the kind the WH calls heroes like basketball players who tell kids to assist drug dealers.


63 posted on 08/25/2012 1:12:18 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools we will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: nascarnation

Thanks for the ping.

Those were the days! My Hero.


64 posted on 08/25/2012 1:12:50 PM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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To: KevinDavis
Landing on the Moon: July 20, 1969

http://youtu.be/sTBIr65cL_E
65 posted on 08/25/2012 1:12:54 PM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight (“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.")
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To: The KG9 Kid
Truly!

To step out onto an environment that is utterly (and this is an inadequate word!) alien to the human experience takes courage that can't be contemplated.

Now look at us and organization did that exists to make whack-a-doddle Muslims feel good about themselves.
We have a major political party that thinks the next big American achievement will be allowing same sex marriages.

Our current political leadership makes Nixon and LBJ look like visionaries!

66 posted on 08/25/2012 1:13:16 PM PDT by Reily
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To: VanDeKoik

Yeah.
He was there for the glory days of discovery and actual seat of the pants flying.


67 posted on 08/25/2012 1:13:16 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: KevinDavis

When I was around 4 or 5, it would have been about 1952, I can still recall standing around a gang of boys. My older Brother, who I thought was a God, was talking to some of the others about the Moon.

One of the guys asked if man would ever land on the Moon. My Brother thought about it a while and then pronounced his verdict. “Man will never walk on the Moon”.

That was it, I then knew it would never happen in a million years. Hard to believe it was only about 17 years before it actually happened.


68 posted on 08/25/2012 1:13:16 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: VanDeKoik

And the foreign national posing as our POTUS who ended it will undoubtedly use his death to promote himself.


69 posted on 08/25/2012 1:14:14 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools we will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: MD Expat in PA

At age 16, I was glued to the set for that Apollo 11 mission. Admired Neil Armstrong a lot. After the mission, when they had a ticker-tape parade for Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins, I was right there, cheering for these heroes and got to see them up close.


70 posted on 08/25/2012 1:14:54 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Born and raised in the city of Chicago)
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To: KevinDavis
RIP

His "one small step" is one of those public events I remember as if it was yesterday. I could probably name about half-dozen, and most of them were tragedies (Kennedy assassination, Challenger, 9/11). The only other "happy" one I can recall is the Beatles on Ed Sullivan.

One of those moments when you knew things were never going to be the same. Thanks, Mr. Armstrong (and of course all of NASA back then), and God Bless.

We had one of these stickers on our front door for decades


71 posted on 08/25/2012 1:16:16 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: MD Expat in PA
when they had a ticker-tape parade for Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins . . .

In my hometown of Chicago, I meant to add.

72 posted on 08/25/2012 1:16:48 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Born and raised in the city of Chicago)
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To: left that other site

We go up there for football several time a year (my daughter is an alum).

It’s a beautiful facility, with some museum exhibits also.


73 posted on 08/25/2012 1:17:34 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: KevinDavis

May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.


74 posted on 08/25/2012 1:18:09 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: left that other site
Not your average celebrity but for some perspective when it came to the Hollywood walk of Fame they got the honor of being placed at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine at the 4 corners. Instead of the usual star the names of the Apollo 11 crew were placed upon the moon.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a stretch a little shy of a mile and half that runs east to west on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The walk contains over 2,400 stars dedicated to people and events within the media industries covering film, television, music, broadcast radio, and theater. The standard star is a pink marble star with brass lettering and logo inlaid in a gray tile. All the tiles are standardized except for a set of four tiles anchoring the corners of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. At the four points of the intersection are four grey marble moons dedicated to the Apollo XI space mission. Each tile is inscribed with the names of the Astronauts–Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins–as well as the date of the first moon landing and the mission name. While the impressive feat of landing on the moon is worthy in and of itself for a special honor, the tiles are tagged with a brass television, putting them firmly in the broadcast category–a fitting honor since over 93% of the nation tuned in to watch the historic moon landing.

75 posted on 08/25/2012 1:18:50 PM PDT by xp38
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To: KevinDavis

“High Flight”

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
- Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Rest in Peace Ensign Armstrong, and may God keep watch over your family and friends.
FlyNavy
Tatt


76 posted on 08/25/2012 1:19:09 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: tcrlaf

You are correct. Hussein will try to use this sad event for his own personal gain.


77 posted on 08/25/2012 1:19:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: dragnet2

I read an article the other day where Neil Armstrong was quoted at the time of the first launch. Houston was worried that a technical problem would delay or prevent the launch, and Armstrong, who was already in the capsule, was quoted as saying: “Why don’t you fix your little problem and then let’s light this candle.” He was a great American, a courageous pioneer, and will truly be missed. Sincere condolences to his family.


78 posted on 08/25/2012 1:21:22 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: KevinDavis

A great American hero, he was very inspirational to me and my generation. I was 6 years old, playing out in the yard with my siblings one summer evening when my parents called my older sisters into the house to watch something. I was curious, so I followed them inside. I still remember well the image of Neil stepping foot on the moon, watching it on our black and white TV sitting on a gold rolling wire TV stand.

Thanks for inspiring me Neil; may you rest in peace...


79 posted on 08/25/2012 1:22:45 PM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: bigbob

Yes, and the exact quote, as you say, was “That’s one small step for a man . . .”

The “a” was lost in static.


80 posted on 08/25/2012 1:22:50 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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