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| kbp | Aug 26 2012, 08:51 PM Post #16 |
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| Baldo | Aug 26 2012, 09:37 PM Post #17 |
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I know what Buzz would have done Buzz Aldrin Punch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wcrkxOgzhU&feature=player_embedded Boy do we need Men like this. Men to Match My Mountains |
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| Toast | Aug 26 2012, 09:54 PM Post #18 |
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Well, Neil Young probably thinks he's been to the moon. Added: And speaking of our President. Wouldn't it be appropriate to order flags at half-staff for 24 hours? Or not? I'm not sure of the protocol . . .but it seems to me it would be an honorable thing to do. Edited by Toast, Aug 26 2012, 10:38 PM.
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| Baldo | Sep 2 2012, 12:48 AM Post #19 |
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Neil Armstrong memorial: pomp and plaudits for reluctant American hero Hundreds attend behind-closed-doors ceremony in Ohio to pay their respects to giant of US space travel, who died last week ...In recognition of the public desire to commemorate such a legendary figure, the Armstrong family has arranged following the private service for a national memorial event in Washington on 12 September. They also invited people wanting to mark his death to think of him and wink up at the moon....snipped http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/aug/31/neil-armstrong-modest-memorial |
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| Rusty Dog | Sep 2 2012, 07:57 AM Post #20 |
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I went out Friday night to see the blue moon. It was extrodinarily clear that night. I didn't wink, but I remembered. |
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| Baldo | Sep 2 2012, 09:20 AM Post #21 |
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![]() Neil Armstrong Memorial Apollo 11 Astronauts Michael Collins, left, and Buzz Aldrin talk at a private memorial service celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong, Aug. 31, 2012, at the Camargo Club in Cincinnati. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, died Saturday, Aug. 25. He was 82. Checkout Nasa's Photo Gallery of the Ceremony http://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/galleries/armstrong.html An interesting note is Michael Collins was head of the Smithsonian Air & Flight Museum in DC. Charles Lindbergh, late in his life, made one last visit to see the "Spirit of St. Louis." Collins realizing the moment ordered all visitors to leave the hall and had the Spirit lowered to the ground and brought out a step ladder so that Charles Lindbergh could sit in it one last time. Collins and everyone left leaving Lindbergh "Alone." These were Mighty Men and I am proud of the role models my generation had, just as Charles Lindbergh was my father's role model. |
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| Deleted User | Sep 2 2012, 11:26 AM Post #22 |
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drsambnc@bellsouth.netThere are moments and occasions in one's own personal history which are frozen in time and memory. The night Armstrong landed on the moon was such for me. The day was my birthday. My first-born was 3 months old. My husband and I were graduate students living in a tiny apartment in Chapel Hill, NC, watching a black and white TV whose screen was smaller than my desktop computer's is today. The TV was in a corner, on the floor, the only place we got reception. We sat on cushions, watching with awe and emotion, knowing that it was a pivotal moment in human history. Few people ever are privileged to stand at such a dividing line. And even fewer handle it with the grace and humility of Neil Armstrong. My husband and I visited the museum in his hometown, Wapakoneta, Ohio last year. It is modest and understated as museums go. I bought souveniers for my grandchildren, with hopes they would appreciate the significance of it all. I listened at one of the displays while Michael Collins and his fellow-astronauts celebrated their Christmas in Space with a reading from the book of Genesis. I was so inspired that I asked if I could purchase a copy of that recording from the gift shop. Surely, such a treasured bit of history would be available..... ??? No. It USED to be available. But we were informed that NASA no longer made those recording available. I was amused to learn that Armstrong's first airplane ride was engineered by his father one Sunday morning, when they both skipped church to go flying. His father fed his son's passion for flyiing. It just seemed a natural thing to do. After all, they did not live very far from those two other famous Ohioans, the Wright Brothers. We've come so far... from Kitty Hawk to the moon, and mars... and beyond. I can't help wondering what my grandchildren will see and experience. But I also know that the dismantling of NASA makes our nation vulnerable, and potentially sets us way behind in the never-ending battle for space dominance. Armstrong was very vocal about the dangers he saw in those decisions to retreat from space, as were many of his fellow-astronauts. Rest in Peace, Captain Neil. Can't help wondering what your last Space Ride was like
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| Baldo | Sep 2 2012, 01:59 PM Post #23 |
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Apollo 8 took three days to travel to the Moon. It orbited ten times over the course of 20 hours, during which the crew made a Christmas Eve television broadcast in which they read the first 10 verses from the Book of Genesis. At the time, the broadcast was the most watched TV program ever. Apollo 8's successful mission paved the way for Apollo 11 to fulfill U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s. The Apollo 8 astronauts returned to Earth on December 27, 1968, when their space craft splashed down in the Northern Pacific Ocean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8 It was Christmas Eve when they spoke these words Apollo 8 - Genesis Reading (1968) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEmn0uaQCYc Years later the crew admitted they never told Nasa they planned to do this. They were worried someone might object to a religious passage so they kept it secret. They thought to themselves that once it was done what could Nasa do to them, not bring them home? Thank Goodness these were men of courage and not politically correct. My brother was in Vietnam and when the duty assignments were released and he discovered his name was on the list to be duty officer on perimeter patrol Christmas Eve. He was chagrined, so far from home and having to make the rounds between stations. However he listened to the Air Forces Network at one tower when Apollo 8 were speaking of the words. For him it turned out to be a magical & peaceful Christmas he always remembers. Edited by Baldo, Sep 2 2012, 02:01 PM.
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| Rusty Dog | Sep 13 2012, 09:50 AM Post #24 |
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The public memorial service for Neil Armstrong is being broadcast now from the National Cathedral. Very moving. I went downstairs where in our house we have a large photograph (poster, really). The caption says: Man on the Moon-- Austronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr as photographed Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong while placing the lunar seismometer on the lunar surface. July 20, 1969. My father-in-law worked for NASA at the Cape for many years. I'm glad to have this as a memory of Grandpa and of Neil Armstrong. |
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| Rusty Dog | Sep 13 2012, 09:53 AM Post #25 |
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Gene Cernan said that once, when Neil was asked what he was feeling when trying to find a landing place with only 15 seconds of fuel left, he replied "Well, we all know that when the gauge says empty, there's always another gallon or two in the tank." Michael Collins will speak soon. |
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| Baldo | Sep 17 2012, 12:04 PM Post #26 |
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Neil Armstrong Burial at Sea![]() Family members of the late Neil Armstrong and members of the US Navy are seen during the burial at sea service for Neil Armstrong aboard the USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), Friday, Sept. 12, 2012, in the Atlantic Ocean. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, died Saturday, Aug. 25. He was 82. This is excellent! Neil Armstrong Tribute Astronauts and other former colleagues remember Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander and first man to walk on the moon. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=152143701 ![]() My father's generation had Charles Lindbergh as their hero. We have Neil Armstrong. Both were humble men & with brilliant minds. "It was never about me.." Neil Armstrong. Edited by Baldo, Sep 17 2012, 03:02 PM.
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