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    Aug 25, 2012, 12:48 PM
    US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies, first man on Moon

    US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, has died at the age of 82, US media report.
    BBC News - US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies, first man on Moon

    BBC News - Obituary: Neil Armstrong, moon landings astronaut

    RIP and thank you for your endeavours..
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    Aug 25, 2012, 12:54 PM
    I just read that on the Internet. A sad day!
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    Aug 25, 2012, 03:26 PM
    Another hero gone
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    Aug 25, 2012, 03:45 PM
    A one of a kind. Now I hope he is within reach of the stars. RIP Armstrong.
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    Aug 25, 2012, 07:18 PM
    Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
    And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
    Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
    Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
    You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and... swung
    High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
    I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
    My eager craft through footless halls of air...
    Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
    I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
    Where never lark nor even eagle flew—
    And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
    The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
    Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
    (John Gillespie Magee)
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    Aug 27, 2012, 08:09 AM
    Happy trailblazing, Neil.
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    Aug 27, 2012, 11:07 AM
    Hello:

    RIP Neil..

    For what it's worth, my ship was involved in the Mercury program in the early 60's... I STILL have a mental picture of the space capsule John Glenn was riding in, drifting down to the ocean on three giant red and white parachutes. That would have been February, 1962.

    excon
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    Aug 27, 2012, 11:25 AM
    Very cool, ex.
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    Aug 27, 2012, 11:26 AM
    For some reason I am reminded of Buzz Aldrin punching that moon hoax guy. That was awesome.
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    Aug 27, 2012, 12:19 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    For some reason I am reminded of Buzz Aldrin punching that moon hoax guy. That was awesome.
    LOL! That actually happened?
    Those conspiracy theorist can get out of line sometimes.

    I don't see how you can fake something like that.
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    Aug 27, 2012, 01:55 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by nikkicute View Post
    LOL!! That actually happened?
    Those conspiracy theorist can get out of line sometimes.

    I don't see how you can fake something like that.
    Yes it really happened, but at the moment I believe this is a tribute to Neil Armstrong.

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    Aug 27, 2012, 02:15 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Happy trailblazing, Neil.
    Robert Heinlein added this verse to the Navy Hymn

    Almighty ruler of the all
    Whose power extends to great and small,
    Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
    Whose least creation fills with awe -
    Oh grant Thy mercy and Thy grace
    To those who venture into space.



    And to the conspiracy nuts... well NASA has the capability to take photos of the landing sites... They currently have these posted and expect more detailed photos on future orbits.

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...ollosites.html
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    Aug 27, 2012, 04:04 PM
    Love the Apollo 14 pix

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    Aug 27, 2012, 06:51 PM
    Here is another LRO photo of the Apollo 11 landing site .



    A photo tribute to Armstrong is in Atlantic on line
    Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012 - In Focus - The Atlantic
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    Aug 28, 2012, 06:24 AM
    I remember it well. I remember at school the next year they passed out a 45 RPM record on the moon landing to all of us. Wish I still had it. I remember the moon rocks traveling through town. Very cool stuff.
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    Aug 28, 2012, 07:35 AM
    Naturally, Obama had to pay tribute the Obama way...

    We all know the world revolves around The Greatest President in the History of Everything. So it makes sense that all the other celestial bodies were placed in the sky to shine down upon him.

    This is not a Photoshop. This was actually posted on Obama’s official Tumblr page:



    Sure, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. But only to tidy it up, so that one day it would be a suitable resting place for Obama’s kingly gaze.

    Hat tip to Sooper Mexican, who notes that this is a stock image from last April. That’s how Team Obama thinks: “Hey, we got any pictures of the boss looking at the moon? Any way we can make this all about him?” And that attitude starts at the top. Just ask Queen Elizabeth, as she’s deleting all the Obama videos from the iPod he gave her…
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    Aug 28, 2012, 07:44 AM
    Aaaand someone ruins the thread by politicizing it. Sad and pathetic.
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    Aug 28, 2012, 07:53 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    aaaand someone ruins the thread by politicizing it. Sad and pathetic.
    You ruined it first by making it about Buzz punching someone so I'm not moved by your faux outrage.
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    Aug 28, 2012, 11:53 AM
    The summer of '69 was certainly memorable - the first moon landing in July, Woodstock in August, and the Mets winning the World Series in October - wow!

    Quote Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Call me a space geek, but I noticed right away that the moon in that photo is in the wrong phase for Aug 25, 2012, and also Venus is currently up in the eastern sky in the morning, not the western sky at dusk as in this photo.
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    Aug 28, 2012, 01:16 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ebaines View Post
    The summer of '69 was certainly memorable - the first moon landing in July, Woodstock in August, and the Mets winning the World Series in October - wow!



    Call me a space geek, but I noticed right away that the moon in that photo is in the wrong phase for Aug 25, 2012, and also Venus is currently up in the eastern sky in the morning, not the western sky at dusk as in this photo.
    It was mentioned that it was a "stock" phoyo. So it wasn't taken in the present time of reflection.

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