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[dvandorn]

Godspeed, Neil Alden Armstrong.

-the other Doug

[Guest_Oersted_*]

We still need an official name for Mount Sharp. I'm thinking that naming it after Neil Armstrong might be a good idea?

The Apollo 11 crew gave their thoughts on their accomplishment in a TV transmission on the way back from the moon. Armstrongs words were as always very thoughtful and carefully crafted:

http://history.nasa.gov/ap11fj/25day8-reentry-stowage.htm

"Armstrong: Good evening. This is the Commander of Apollo 11. A hundred years ago, Jules Verne wrote a book about a voyage to the Moon. His spaceship, Columbia, took off from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean after completing a trip to the Moon. It seems appropriate to us to share with you some of the reflections of the crew as the modern-day Columbia completes its rendezvous with the planet Earth and the same Pacific Ocean tomorrow. [...]
The responsibility for this flight lies first with history and with the giants of science who have preceded this effort. Next with the American people, who have through their will, indicated their desire. Next, to four administrations, and their Congresses, for implementing that will. And then, to the agency and industry teams that built our spacecraft, the Saturn, the Columbia, the Eagle, and the little EMU; the space suit and backpack that was our small spacecraft out on the lunar surface. We'd like to give a special thanks to all those Americans who built those spacecraft, who did the construction, design, the tests, and put their - their hearts and all their abilities into those craft. To those people, tonight, we give a special thank you, and to all the other people that are listening and watching tonight, God bless you. Good night from Apollo 11. "

[monty python]

The Apollo 11 crew gave their thoughts on their accomplishment in a TV transmission on the way back from the moon. Armstrongs words were as always very thoughtful and carefully crafted:

http://history.nasa.gov/ap11fj/25day8-reentry-stowage.htm

Thank you Oersted for the link to the apollo 11 audio. I'm sure that for those of us who were alive to remember those transmissions, just the backround hum made us nostalgic and brought a tear to the eye.