Neil Armstrong passes away at 82

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Neil Armstrong passes away at 82

#1 Postby brunota2003 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:21 pm

How sad, a true American hero!

From Fox News:
BREAKING NEWS: Astronaut Neil Armstrong Dies at Age 82

Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became first to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11, has died. He was 82 years old.

He was born in the small town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 1930.

On July 20, 1969, half a billion people -- a sixth of the world's population at the time -- watched a ghostly black-and-white television image as Armstrong backed down the ladder of the lunar landing ship Eagle, planted his left foot on the moon's surface, and said, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Twenty minutes later his crewmate, Buzz Aldrin, joined him, and the world watched as the men spent the next two hours bounding around in the moon's light gravity, taking rock samples, setting up experiments, and taking now-iconic photographs.

"Isn't this fun?" Armstrong said over his radio link to Aldrin. The third member of the Apollo 11 crew, Michael L. Collins, orbited 60 miles overhead in the mission's command ship, Columbia. President Richard Nixon called their eight-day trip to the moon "the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation."


http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/neil-a ... Dkmn6PF-So

So far the only news story I can find on it.
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Re: Neil Armstrong passes away at 82

#2 Postby tolakram » Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:21 pm

/salute

sad news :(
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#3 Postby Cryomaniac » Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:40 pm

Sad news. :(
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#4 Postby brunota2003 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:43 pm

Apparently he had heart surgery earlier this month (just days after his 82 birthday), and he passed away from complications of that.
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#5 Postby Kingarabian » Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:31 pm

R.I.P

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

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#6 Postby brunota2003 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:41 pm

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Re: Neil Armstrong passes away at 82

#7 Postby Kingarabian » Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:42 pm

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#8 Postby RL3AO » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:10 pm

I hope by the end of the next century, he will be more famous then he is now.
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#9 Postby galaxy401 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:25 pm

RIP Armstrong! Too bad I wasn't alive back when he landed on the moon. America and the world will never forget you. :flag:
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#10 Postby Zampanò » Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:08 am

I was born in 1988, almost two decades after the first lunar landing, but Neil Armstrong was one of the first famous people whose name and accomplishments really stuck in my head. When you're three or four years old, history and politics don't seem to make any sense (they still don't make a lot of sense as a grown-up), but a human being walking around on the moon is very easy to understand.

He came in peace for all mankind. Now he can rest in peace as one of mankind's greatest heroes.
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#11 Postby vbhoutex » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:47 pm

I will always remember the moon landing and his words. We have lost a REAL HERO and LEGEND!! May he RIP.
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Re: Neil Armstrong passes away at 82

#12 Postby Stephanie » Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:34 pm

RIP Mr. Armstrong. Thank you for your courage and your contributions to mankind.
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#13 Postby RL3AO » Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:34 am

I see growing support for a state funeral. He deserves it. Last one for a non-president was Gen. MacArthur.
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Re: Neil Armstrong passes away at 82

#14 Postby Ptarmigan » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:16 pm

If anyone deserved bragging rights, it was Neil Armstrong. A true American hero has passed. Rest In Peace.

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
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