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I really hate to hear this. We felt like we knew those first Astronauts personally. Still kinda feel that way – makes me teary.
Sorry to hear that . Blue Skies, Neil Armstrong. You don’t need a space
suit now….
Godspeed, Sir. May the angels take you aloft and may the Good Lord comfort those who loved you in their hour of mourning. Another hero gone from our midst.
He led at the tip of the spear of a decade long American effort to reach the moon. A great nation was behind him. His last public appearance, one of very few, was to blast President Obama for gutting NASA and ending manned space missions.
His example will be missed. He had to land long due to craters. He had 20 seconds of fuel upon landing. Another 20 seconds of fuel was available to abort the landing.
“That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”
The best book about the early space program IMHO, is Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys by Michael Collins. And I’ve read a lot — up to Stormy Storms book on the Saturn V second stage construction.
NaCly Dog – when I visited Cape Canaveral – they had a Saturn V on its side – and all I can say is 40 years later that still takes your breath away with its size – and power.
Those were heady times…
I can only reiterate a previous comment; Free of gravity once more.
Legend. Mighty explorer. Quiet man.
What Katie (missbirdlegs) said. I remember watching the 1969 moon landing on NHK in an after-hours bar In Japan. The commentary was all in Nihongo, but we Americans knew full well what was happening. And we were PROUD.
RIP, Mr. Armstrong.