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To: KevinDavis
RIP, Mr. Armstrong, you, along with the rest of our brave space pioneers, have been an inspiration too of us, both great and small. My uncle worked for NASA and most likely, you have met him, he worked on the electronics of the space capsules and later, the space shuttle. I guess both of yuns are together now. Myself, although my career was not into space, the space program inspired me to learn electronics and computers as well as getting my amateur radio license. I was three years old when you and Buzz landed on the Moon but I still remember it like yesterday. Godspeed Mr. Armstrong, you will be missed.

You know what is a bummer, there has been an entire generation of people who were born and grown into adulthood that have never ,ever seen a man walk on the Moon live on TV. I'm 46 and I remember. When I look at the Moon, I think of a true minority of a minority, in all of known human history, there have only been 12 people who can claim to have walked on the Moon. These men are in their 80's and we are losing them, it is an unfortunate fact of life, but it bums me that they might not live to see another American on the Moon. The Moon landings were America's greatest triumph and I feel great to have seen it.

I think of that everytime I look up at the Moon.
110 posted on 08/25/2012 1:57:43 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (June 28th, 2012, the Day America Jumped The Shark.)
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To: Nowhere Man
You know what is a bummer, there has been an entire generation of people who were born and grown into adulthood that have never ,ever seen a man walk on the Moon live on TV.

It's worse than that even. A lot of them, maybe even a majority, don't believe it really happened. They've been hoodwinked by "faked moon landing" conspiracy theory wackos. Those people who push that lie are a disgrace, and they dishonor the memory and achievements of not only those who flew those missions, but the thousands who directly worked on the programs that made them a reality.

146 posted on 08/25/2012 2:45:08 PM PDT by chimera
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