R.I.P. man on the moon! Neil Armstrong dies...

[DavidLeeNatra]

a true hero for mankind!

[Nickdfresh]

First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82: NBC
Reuters – 11 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on Saturday.

Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on August 5, to relieve blocked coronary arteries.

As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. As he stepped on the moon's dusty surface, Armstrong said: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

The Apollo 11 moon mission turned out to be Armstrong's last space flight. The following year he was appointed to a desk job, being named NASA's deputy associate administrator for aeronautics in the office of advanced research and technology.

He left NASA a year later to become a professor of engineering at the University of Cincinnati.

The former astronaut lived in the Cincinnati area with his wife, Carol.

(Reporting by Sandra Maler; Editing by Philip Barbara)

Well, I guess the Eagle has made its final landing. RIP Neil Armstrong...

[FORD]

Today, you make another "small step", and the first man on the Moon will meet the guy who created the Moon.

Now you can explore the rest of space without worrying about that silly suit.

Rest in Space, Mr. Armstrong

[DavidLeeNatra]

[SunisinuS]

RIS Neil.

Wow.

The last time we went to the moon they were young men.

But it was years in between launches to the new world back in the 1400's so I suppose big enterprises take long term thinking.

Neil was a great Representative for the first one....Buzz would have just jumped off the Lander and yelled "First!"

[gbranton]

As a small child my mom deposited me in front of the television for all the moon landings. They inspired a nation.

I recently visited the space museum in Huntsville, my step mother's father came to America at the close of WWII and worked with Werner Von Braun. I saw his picture in the museum and saw that she lives a couple of blocks from where Von Braun lived. There are several of her neighbors who, like her father, were former Nazi scientists. They are passing away pretty frequently these days.

Seeing those spacecraft gave me a tremendous new respect for these men, they had serious courage to ride in those cramped, relatively primitive spacecraft, not knowing for sure if they would return. I like to think I'm pretty brave but I don't think I could have done it. The museum is amazing, if any of you are ever in the area you must visit it.

[fryingdutchman]

One sad day for mankind...

RIP Mr. Armstrong.

[SunisinuS]

Again....who would have thought then....that the first man on the moon would be dead when there were still no people living on the moon.

RIP Space.

[Hardrock69]

NBC posted "Astronaut Neil Young" dies:

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/08/neil-armstrong-dies---not-neil-young.html

When big news breaks, such as the death of first man to walk on the moon Neil Armstrong at the age of 82, all the news organizations are scrambling to get the news reported, and then put together a Life in Pictures gallery or edit a video montage.

NBC News got a little ahead of themselves when news of Armstrong's death hit the internet, posting a story with the headline, "Astronaut Neil Young, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82."

Oops.

Paging Jimmy Fallon -- if "astronaut Neil Young" doesn't make an appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Monday night, you have really dropped the ball, fella.

[Hardrock69]

Aside from that, he led a good long life, and is one of the few people to ever escape the bonds of Earth's gravity.

Rest In Peace, Mr. Armstrong.

[Seshmeister]

Today, you make another "small step", and the first man on the Moon will meet the guy who created the Moon.

Of course because in the words of invisible sky daddy

Genesis 1:16

God made two great lights--the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.

Oh no wait a minute.

That's complete fucking nonsense the moon only reflects the sun...

[motherchicken]

Of course because in the words of invisible sky daddy

Genesis 1:16


Oh no wait a minute.

That's complete fucking nonsense the moon only reflects the sun...

The "invisible sky daddy" didn't write the bible. And the King James version isn't a straight up translation of the bible either. I'm an agnostic myself. But I don't understand why atheists get so pissy about somebody elses believes.

[FORD]

Of course because in the words of invisible sky daddy

Genesis 1:16


Oh no wait a minute.

That's complete fucking nonsense the moon only reflects the sun...

I said God created the moon. I never said he did it so Adam & Eve could have a night light.

[fifth element]

RIP Neil Armstrong.


how many here would like to take a trip to the moon, or to Mars?

[Seshmeister]

Not me the whole thing is pretty horrible, shit everywhere.

Navy seals are fairly tough guys but apparently when they opened the capsule when it landed a few of them threw up from the smell.