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Topic: Neil Armstrong RIP
Blanco
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Posted: 25-Aug-2012 20:31
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First man on the moon finally checks out at 82 years of age.
dubliner 2
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Posted: 25-Aug-2012 20:33
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One of my childhood heroes. May he RIP.
Blanco
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Posted: 25-Aug-2012 20:45
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It is amazing that he hardly ever spoke about his moon walk, it led a lot of the conspiracy theorists to crazily claim that the reason he never spoke about it was because it was all a fake, and he could not speak about it.
frasiercrane
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Posted: 25-Aug-2012 20:50
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Why was he chosen to be the first one and not Aldrin or Collins
Yojimbo
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Posted: 25-Aug-2012 21:37
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One great leap for the man
RIP, Commander!
irishmagic
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Posted: 25-Aug-2012 21:56
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but its not Cork
thehermit
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Posted: 25-Aug-2012 22:55
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Originally posted by frasiercrane:
Why was he chosen to be the first one and not Aldrin or Collins

Because he was the mission commander.

RIP to one of histories most iconic figures. Whatever about the great explorers of new world, he truly stepped on a alien one. If you sit back and think about how primitive those Apollo spacecraft actually where compared to today's technology (I think I heard a modern pocket calculator has numerous times to memory and capacity of the computers that kept the Apollo control module and lander going) and yet they never blinked when faced with the challenge presented.

I got to see him in the flesh as a school kid when he came to Tralee in 1996 to launch a special exhibit on NASA in Kerry County Museum. Truly Neil, you had the right stuff!
the mixer walsh
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Posted: 25-Aug-2012 23:09
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RIP To the greatest pioneer known to mankind today. First man to set foot on soil on a place outside planet earth. To reference JFK's speech at Rice University September 1962 "we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.(must be recited in a very thick Massachusetts accent)

Neil Armstrong, a legend for all mankind, I salute you as ISS passes tonight.
Banner1995
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 01:03
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Originally posted by the mixer walsh:
RIP To the greatest pioneer known to mankind today. First man to set foot on soil on a place outside planet earth. To reference JFK's speech at Rice University September 1962 "we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.(must be recited in a very thick Massachusetts accent)Neil Armstrong, a legend for all mankind, I salute you as ISS passes tonight.

RIP Neil Armstrong. Ya the Rice college speech is brilliant. JFK at his best.

Yojimbo
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 02:24
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Originally posted by the mixer walsh:
To reference JFK's speech at Rice University September 1962 "we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.(must be recited in a very thick Massachusetts accent)Neil Armstrong, a legend for all mankind, I salute you as ISS passes tonight.

'hard' is pronounced 'haaaaaad'
cerebus
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 07:02
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Originally posted by Blanco:
It is amazing that he hardly ever spoke about his moon walk,

Not a man to blow his own trumpet or peddle his own worth after that summer of 69.

RIP.

batter burger
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 08:55
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Neil Armstrong, astronaut
He had balls bigger than King Kong
First big suit on the moon
And he's off to play golf
Hole in one
BuzzFledderjohn
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 10:31
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I read somewhere that he misquoted the little speech he made as he set foot on the moon "One small set for man......". It should properly have been "One small step for a man......" It makes a subtle difference.

Is that right?
nlgbbbblth
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 11:17
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http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Blog_3_7_2011.gif

Also check out the 1989 film For All Mankind.

RIP.
mandarin
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 12:41
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With Ml.Jackson also taken from this world it is obvious that God doesnt like moonwalkers.
blackenam
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 15:13
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I read today that, as the module was coming in to land on the moon, Neil had to try to manually steer it to a safe landing spot. With just 20 seconds of fuel left and just before Mission Control could give the order to abandon, he managed to set it down safely. Truly one of the great men of our time
KeepOnHurling
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 16:13
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Originally posted by Yojimbo:
One great leap for the man
RIP, Commander!

A nice message there from one space cadet to another
T_de_B
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 20:45
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A question for all you triuvial pursuit people.

Who anchored the RTE program covering the landing?

At approx 3.30am on 21st July 1969 our time.

Guess you had to be there.

I was
yankeelad
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 20:52
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Originally posted by T_de_B:
A question for all you triuvial pursuit people.Who anchored the RTE program covering the landing?At approx 3.30am on 21st July 1969 our time.Guess you had to be there.I was
Jo Linnane
Hitch
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 21:05
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Originally posted by T_de_B:
A question for all you triuvial pursuit people.Who anchored the RTE program covering the landing?At approx 3.30am on 21st July 1969 our time.Guess you had to be there.I was

Was it Kevin 'Lunar Module' O'Kelly?
I shot JR
(453 Posts)
Posted: 26-Aug-2012 21:09
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Originally posted by Hitch:
Was it Kevin 'Lunar Module' O'Kelly?

Yeah, I seem to remember Kevin O'Kelly handling most of those early missions on RTE.
haysavedcorkbet
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 21:17
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Did you ever see the footage of him operating the test lunar lander nicknamed the flying bedstead. Basically a platform with four rockets, 1 in each corner that he had to control to give him lift, speed & direction. In the one test they did before going to the moon, he lost control and ejected just as it was tipping over. Went straight back to office and never mentioned it to anyone there that he had nearly died.
Some thought he didnt have "the right stuff" esp Aldrins dad & a few fellow candidates. He wasnt military if I recall. The lunar landing proved he had it in spades. A true hero for all mankind. Admire him more that he never cashed in on his unique experience. RIP Neil Armstrong, you are gone back to the stars.
T_de_B
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 21:26
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Originally posted by yankeelad:
Jo Linnane

I'm afraid that was a 2 mark answer to a 6 markquestion. YL.

Congrats and our friend from Dalla. Kevin O'Kelly it most surely was.
cussler
(108 Posts)
Posted: 26-Aug-2012 21:28
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RIP to Neil Armstrong an icon and a role model for millions around the world.
Yojimbo
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Posted: 26-Aug-2012 23:12
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Originally posted by Hitch:
Was it Kevin 'Lunar Module' O'Kelly?

I thought so too, Hitch
Good job we didn't have Leo 'Primal Scream' Enright, back then

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