Happy 80th Birthday, Dr. Neil Armstrong

Lunar Pioneer

[SunkenCiv]

“Good luck, Mister Gorski.”

[Doomonyou]

“Good luck, Mister Gorski.”

I wonder if he ever got it.

[SunkenCiv]

from the wiki-wacky-pedia:

Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon

Twelve people have walked on the Moon. All human landings took place between July 1969 and December 1972, as part of the Apollo program.

	Name	Born	Died	Age at first step	Mission	Lunar EVA dates	Employer
1.	Neil Armstrong	August 5, 1930		38y 11m 15d	Apollo 11	July 21, 1969[3]	NASA[4]
2.	Buzz Aldrin	January 20, 1930		39y 6m 0d			Air Force
3.	Pete Conrad	June 2, 1930	July 8, 1999	39y 5m 17d	Apollo 12	November 19-20, 1969	Navy
4.	Alan Bean	March 15, 1932		37y 8m 4d			Navy
5.	Alan Shepard	November 18, 1923	July 21, 1998	47y 2m 18d	Apollo 14	February 5-6, 1971	Navy
6.	Edgar Mitchell	September 17, 1930		40y 4m 19d			Navy
7.	David Scott	June 6, 1932		39y 1m 25d	Apollo 15	July 31 - August 2, 1971	Air Force
8.	James Irwin	March 17, 1930	August 8, 1991	41y 4m 14d			Air Force
9.	John W. Young	September 24, 1930		41y 6m 28d	Apollo 16	April 21-23, 1972	Navy
10.	Charles Duke	October 3, 1935		36y 6m 18d			Air Force
11.	Eugene Cernan	March 14, 1934		38y 9m 7d	Apollo 17	December 11-14, 1972	Navy
12.	Harrison Schmitt	July 3, 1935		37y 5m 8d			NASA

[SunkenCiv]

Let's not forget the unsung heroes of Apollo 20, who discovered and explored the secret alien cities on the back side of the Moon. Apollo mission 20 was launched in secret, which was quite a trick, considering an operating Saturn V can be heard from 125 miles away. ;')

Apollo 20 site:youtube.com

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Why yes, tinfoil is on sale this week, why do you ask? ;') ;') ;')

[KevinDavis]

Happy Birthday Neil!!!

[FourPeas]

Happy Birthday, Sir.

My generation grew up looking up to Neil Armstrong as who we wanted to be like. I’ve made sure my children do, too.

[dragnet2]

Bookmark....

Bravo Mr. Armstrong!

Bravo America!

[SunkenCiv]

;’) Missus G was probably one of the biggest believers that the whole thing was faked. And she was probably an expert on fakin’ it anyway.

[nascarnation]

Boiler up!

be sure to visit the new Armstrong Engineering Bldg if you haven’t been to campus lately

[colorado tanker]

I don't think poor old Gorsky ever did get lucky. :-))

[Nowhere Man]

I was three when this happened. I remember it vividly though. We had a chance to be at the launch of Apollo 11, my uncle worked for NASA, but for some reason, we were there a few weeks earlier. B-( Still, at least we saw it on our 1959 Philco. This was probably the biggest achievement of all Mankind, the first time we left our world and walked on another. 12 people have walked on the Moon, I daresay that is the smallest minority of all.

Seeing all of this at a young age has sparked my interest in science and technology. I wanted to be an astronaut but fell very, very short. I'm just an average delivery driver but I know space has really sparked my interest in things like computers, electronics, radio, amateur radio and the like. I liked one film they showed at the Cape when I was there in 1999 about a man who wanted to be an astronaut but did not make it but he ended up working for NASA in electronics. That story brought tears to my eyes, knowing that even if he wasn't in the limelight, he was among thousands of people who were behind the space program.

I like to listen for the space station on my police scanners and my goal is to communicate to the ISS via two meter amateur radio.

I remember the BiCentennial of 1976. We had Viking land on Mars but that was the nadir of manned space exploration by NASA. Still I remember commercials on TV showing the "we can do it spirit" of America showing things like the Wright Brother's Flyer to Apollo 11's Eagle landing on the Moon.

Now Imam Obama in the White Hut in his infinite dumbness and/or vile plans, has gutted the space program. The Moon is out, Mars, out of the question. I'd like to say to Imam Obama, "you dang retard! What in the heck is wrong with you?!" when he gutted NASA. OK, I'm not picking on people who are retarded through no fault of their own, I'm a "child of the 1970's." but this guy supposedly is smart. Personally, I do think Imam Obama is out to destroy the United States, NASA is a part of that. "It's all part of The Big Plan." Despite advances in computer technology and biology, I think we have slipped backwards in many things. The United States of 1968/1972 could go to the Moon, the United States of 2010 cannot.

I liked "For The People's" Chuck Harder. He suggested for years that we go to Mars, it would bring back a lot of jobs as well as national pride again. I'd go for that

These 12 astronauts are old men now. We lost 3 already. I hate to see them all pass away before we go to the Moon again, let alone Mars. That's a depressing thought. What is worse is we have an entire generation of people who are adults and the oldest are getting close to middle age who have NEVER seen a man walk on the Moon live on TV. You have to be around 40 or older to have seen these marvels, I feel good to be a part of that generation. I'm 44 as I write this.

We are letting nations like Russia, Red China and even India take the lead through our inaction. I have nothing against India but the other two, if I may borrow from LBJ, "do you want to sleep by the light of a Communist Moon?" Well, Imam Obama wants us to go Commie so what can I say?

Digressing, I hope we can neuter Imam Obama this year after the midterm elections and toss him out of the White Hut in 2012 as we say, "the tribe has spoken." Then we need to get back the lead we had in space.

Well, I have to stop, I should be in bed, not Freeping, got work tomorrow. Millions on welfare depend on me.

Holodeck computer, end Imam Obama Administration Program NOW!!!

Beam me up, Scotty! B-P

Happy Birthday, Neil!