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Aug 25 2012, 07:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Godspeed, Neil Alden Armstrong.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Aug 25 2012, 07:51 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
R.I.P the guy I sat up late into the night to watch walk on the Moon when I was 6 years old.
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Aug 25 2012, 08:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
http://neilarmstronginfo.com/statement/
QUOTE “For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.” we are clouded out here in Toulouse |
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Aug 25 2012, 08:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
I can see the Moon from here, half sad, half smiling since Neil's first steps. You changed my life Sir. R.I.Tranquility
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Aug 25 2012, 08:16 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
In the distant future I have no doubt there will be a great many other first steps on many, many other worlds...but there will always be only one first "first" step for humanity.
Prof. Armstrong may be gone, but he will never be forgotten. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 25 2012, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
there she is the Moon!
is it my impression or is it more or less the same phase of that July 1969 night? |
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Aug 25 2012, 08:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2511 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
20 JULY 1969 by W.W. Cooper
They made it, we all made it, just a bit like Vikings leaving runes and little more. taking the lesser light where God placed it to show ourselves just what a heaven's for. They loped like diving-suited kangaroos over that sterile world of one night stands, driving moon bugs and golf balls to amuse the children, while the stars slipped through our hands. They're gone now to their shrinks and shrunken space. The praise is theirs; it's ours to wonder why the world's still flat and dreams are out of grace. So I, believing less each summer, pry open that lost last year to see the bright earth jewel smooth and blue in velvet night. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Aug 25 2012, 08:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
there she is the Moon! is it my impression or is it more or less the same phase of that July 1969 night? That's my feeling too Paolo. -------------------- |
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Aug 25 2012, 08:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
The Moon was in the same phase as 43 years ago on 7/20 about three days ago, so yeah, she's really close to the same.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Aug 25 2012, 10:16 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
For anyone who's interested, TPS is soliciting memories & tributes here.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 25 2012, 10:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Thank you Mr Armstrong. You changed my life here on Earth.
Let's take his passing as an opportunity to redouble our efforts and honor his legacy by inspiring the next generation to follow in his footsteps and head for the stars. |
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Aug 25 2012, 10:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
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Aug 26 2012, 05:24 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Aug 26 2012, 06:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
I have to turn my head to see it the 'proper' way up down here. Strange thing is I've found myself talking about the Moon and the Apollo program more than usual these past two days.
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Aug 26 2012, 07:11 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Haven't done this for a long time...
Booted foot crunches into alien, vacuum soil Ancient gray plain, as far as the eye can see He made it Despite technology's failures, he soared above the boulders that would have spelled the end to the first step, to all of them But his boots are on the ground. Do the job, do the job Do it right Go home, he thinks He does not think of the history or that he will live forever He does it right. He has to look in a mirror and still see himself, after all. Time to go home; the mission's done. The ascent engine may or may not work, no matter he and Buzz will MAKE it work somehow Time to go home but in his heart, he knew that a new home for Man was just opened and he was just the first of us to enter the door... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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