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Title: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Wiggs on August 25, 2012, 12:26:35 PM
By NBC News

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/25/13478643-astronaut-neil-armstrong-first-man-to-walk-on-moon-dies-at-age-82?lite

Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of "one giant leap for mankind." He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

Armstrong and hiw wife, Carol, married in 1999, made their home in the Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill, but he had largely stayed out of public view in recent years.

He spoke at Ohio State University during a February event honoring fellow astronaut John Glenn and the 50th anniversary of Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. In May, Armstrong joined Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida to support the opening of The National Flight Academy, which aims to teach math and science to kids through an aviation-oriented camp.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Raymondo on August 25, 2012, 12:28:48 PM
Pose in peace (in an astronaut suit)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: polychronopolous on August 25, 2012, 12:30:31 PM
"Heaven has an Astronaut Angel"
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Bevo on August 25, 2012, 12:30:38 PM
Not good to be an Armstrong this week
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Wiggs on August 25, 2012, 12:32:42 PM
Not good to be an Armstrong this week

Id rather be the dead one.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: 240 is Back on August 25, 2012, 12:33:16 PM
pose in peace
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: mass243 on August 25, 2012, 12:40:19 PM


Remarkable man.

He witnessed, and foremost lived, the most interesting times in the human history. And truly in the middle of where the action took place.
Hard to imagine better career.


(http://www.spacetoday.org/images/Astronauts/NeilArmstrongNASA.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: wild willie on August 25, 2012, 12:56:13 PM
RIP
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: TrueGrit on August 25, 2012, 01:02:43 PM
RIP. He pulled that film studio bullshit off like a boss..
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Mitch on August 25, 2012, 01:10:58 PM
Fucker was a true pioneer.

WIP (walk on the moon in peace)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Sexual Mustard on August 25, 2012, 01:13:39 PM
RIP. He pulled that film studio bullshit off like a boss..


LMAO   ;D
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: PJim on August 25, 2012, 01:13:51 PM
Roll in peas
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: hrspwr on August 25, 2012, 01:14:49 PM
 dude flew in a beer can on top of a bomb, alpha.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: tu_holmes on August 25, 2012, 01:16:11 PM
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9UxHwUfG2qQ/TGj1FRTBnTI/AAAAAAAAA80/0lGhg7l-R6I/s1600/neil-armstrong-on-the-moon.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Viking11 on August 25, 2012, 01:16:29 PM
Rip.   or PIP-weights only feel like 1/6th on the moon.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: orion on August 25, 2012, 01:22:18 PM
3,2,1...... conspiracy theorists will claim he was killed before he admitted he never went to the moon.

Dude kind of disappeared after the moon walk, stayed out of the public eye.  Most would have milked it for all it was worth and reaped the rewards.  Something doesn't add up.  I'm just saying.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 25, 2012, 01:37:09 PM
RIP
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Dreadlifter on August 25, 2012, 01:37:33 PM
The next guy to come close to Armstrong's achievement will be the first man to set foot on Mars.

ukjeff, I do find it strange he kept himself to himself for so much of his life while his compadre Buzz Aldrin is a well known face happy to talk about it. But who knows what effect walking on the Moon and looking back down at the Earth might have on a man.
I've always wondered what Michael Collins' take on the whole thing was, sitting up in orbit while his two crewmates stepped on to another world.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Parker on August 25, 2012, 01:45:38 PM
Dude kind of disappeared after the moon walk, stayed out of the public eye.  Most would have milked it for all it was worth and reaped the rewards.  Something doesn't add up.  I'm just saying.
A humble man, wow! I've never heard of such.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: 240 is Back on August 25, 2012, 01:46:07 PM
NBC news... nice...
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: powerpack on August 25, 2012, 01:50:07 PM
RIP to a great man
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: JasonH on August 25, 2012, 01:58:01 PM
Moonwalk in peace.  8)

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8dapbS5T31rdowcbo1_400.gif)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: The True Adonis on August 25, 2012, 01:58:59 PM
Dude kind of disappeared after the moon walk, stayed out of the public eye.  Most would have milked it for all it was worth and reaped the rewards.  Something doesn't add up.  I'm just saying.
What precisely are you "Just saying"?
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 25, 2012, 02:04:35 PM
Guess he just couldn't live no more with his 7 tour de france victories taken away.... :(
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: JasonH on August 25, 2012, 02:13:23 PM
Guess he just couldn't live no more with his 7 tour de france victories taken away.... :(

Yes, Stretch Armstrong has had a bad week.

(http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2012/07/20/stretch-armstrong-stretch.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Overload on August 25, 2012, 02:16:11 PM
A very intelligent man who did so much for this planet.

R.I.P.


8)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Roger Bacon on August 25, 2012, 02:16:42 PM
By NBC News

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/25/13478643-astronaut-neil-armstrong-first-man-to-walk-on-moon-dies-at-age-82?lite

Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of "one giant leap for mankind." He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

Armstrong and hiw wife, Carol, married in 1999, made their home in the Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill, but he had largely stayed out of public view in recent years.

He spoke at Ohio State University during a February event honoring fellow astronaut John Glenn and the 50th anniversary of Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. In May, Armstrong joined Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida to support the opening of The National Flight Academy, which aims to teach math and science to kids through an aviation-oriented camp.


Ahh.... Neil lives right down the road from me!
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: bike nut on August 25, 2012, 02:50:10 PM
Dude kind of disappeared after the moon walk, stayed out of the public eye.  Most would have milked it for all it was worth and reaped the rewards.  Something doesn't add up.  I'm just saying.

in 1969 Twitter was slow because of dial-up speeds, so his blog never really "took off".
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on August 25, 2012, 03:21:28 PM
P.I.P the guy had balls of steel
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: King Shizzo on August 25, 2012, 03:26:38 PM
I'm sure Neil croaked when he saw the bill for the Mars Rover.  :-X
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: orion on August 25, 2012, 04:12:28 PM
What precisely are you "Just saying"?

I don't think we could get to the moon today let alone 50 years ago.  I would never say this in public but part of me wonders if it was all a show.  I know they had major problems with the lunar lander the week up to the launch then all of a sudden it was good to go?  If one little thing went wrong it would have been the end for them all.  For example the ignition of the landing craft from the lunar surface only had one shot, one shot at pecisely the right time!  Was technology really that advanced 50 years ago?  Armstrong was a true warrior and a soldier, but soldiers follow orders.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: 3Dkiller on August 25, 2012, 05:59:50 PM
I don't think we could get to the moon today let alone 50 years ago.  I would never say this in public but part of me wonders if it was all a show.  I know they had major problems with the lunar lander the week up to the launch then all of a sudden it was good to go?  If one little thing went wrong it would have been the end for them all.  For example the ignition of the landing craft from the lunar surface only had one shot, one shot at pecisely the right time!  Was technology really that advanced 50 years ago?  Armstrong was a true warrior and a soldier, but soldiers follow orders.

Thats what i am thinking to
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: booty on August 25, 2012, 06:04:56 PM
RIP
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Kwon_2 on August 25, 2012, 06:06:04 PM
Dude kind of disappeared after the moon walk, stayed out of the public eye.  Most would have milked it for all it was worth and reaped the rewards.  Something doesn't add up.  I'm just saying.

Well, he did open a Neverland for kids after the moonwalk, but i can understand why he wanted to live in seclusion due to his acquired taste of younger lads.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: hazbin on August 25, 2012, 06:20:37 PM
in 1969 Twitter was slow because of dial-up speeds, so his blog never really "took off".

i see what you did there!!
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: The True Adonis on August 25, 2012, 06:24:26 PM
i see what you did there!!
You do?  What did you see that wasn`t already so patently obvious?  Just curious.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: tu_holmes on August 25, 2012, 06:24:53 PM
You do?  What did you see that wasn`t already so patently obvious?  Just curious.

;D
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: nefario on August 25, 2012, 06:26:28 PM
I don't think we could get to the moon today let alone 50 years ago. 

This the week after we pulled off an immensely more complex landing on Mars.  Gotcha.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: hazbin on August 25, 2012, 06:34:50 PM
You do?  What did you see that wasn`t already so patently obvious?  Just curious.

holy fuk ::) ::)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: US MUSL on August 25, 2012, 06:43:19 PM
Looks like stretch "Schwarenegger".

(http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2012/07/20/stretch-armstrong-stretch.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: orion on August 25, 2012, 07:22:50 PM
This the week after we pulled off an immensely more complex landing on Mars.  Gotcha.


Did we really land on Mars?  Terrain looks a lot like Arizona. ;D
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: WillGrant on August 25, 2012, 07:23:28 PM
RIP. He pulled that film studio bullshit off like a boss..
;D
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: The True Adonis on August 25, 2012, 08:28:52 PM
holy fuk ::) ::)
???
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: lovemonkey on August 26, 2012, 02:32:43 AM
I don't think we could get to the moon today let alone 50 years ago.  I would never say this in public but part of me wonders if it was all a show.  I know they had major problems with the lunar lander the week up to the launch then all of a sudden it was good to go?  If one little thing went wrong it would have been the end for them all.  For example the ignition of the landing craft from the lunar surface only had one shot, one shot at pecisely the right time!  Was technology really that advanced 50 years ago?  Armstrong was a true warrior and a soldier, but soldiers follow orders.

The calculations required to pull off such a "feat" really aren't that special... could easily be done by the computers of that era. The ignition of rockets wasn't exactly groundbreaking, either.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 26, 2012, 03:46:46 AM
NBC news... nice...
:D

Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: mass243 on August 26, 2012, 04:17:28 AM

I'm afraid the landing on Moon was real shit.
Yankee would have certainly been exposed at the times if they didn't really do it. One could assume the journey was followed pretty closely.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Tapeworm on August 26, 2012, 04:43:11 AM
He'll be remembered until the end of us or our civilization.  That's as close to immortality as it gets.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: manuelsonn on August 26, 2012, 08:27:58 AM
reptilians finally got him
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Nails on August 26, 2012, 08:36:13 AM
2 armstrongs go down the same week
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Jaime on August 26, 2012, 09:08:04 AM
So some guy that pretended to walk on the moon all the while being in a movie studio died ?

Rip Mr. Actor-naut.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: orion on August 26, 2012, 12:47:39 PM
I'm afraid the landing on Moon was real shit.
Yankee would have certainly been exposed at the times if they didn't really do it. One could assume the journey was followed pretty closely.


Capricorn One, man.  Capricorn One.  Lots of secrets in the USA.  Still don't know who killed the Kennedys.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: tu_holmes on August 26, 2012, 06:52:33 PM

Capricorn One, man.  Capricorn One.  Lots of secrets in the USA.  Still don't know who killed the Kennedys.

Hahaha!!! Dude... The Russians would have LOVED to expose us, but they never did... not even a thought.

Plus, ALL of the people who would have had to have been involved in this "charade" and not a single person has come out even on their deathbed and said it was faked.

Cut the shit.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: Irongrip400 on August 26, 2012, 07:10:58 PM
What's the difference between Neil Armstrong and Michael Jackson?

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and Michael Jackson










Fucked little boys in the ass.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: DanielPaul on August 26, 2012, 07:28:45 PM
A legend heads to the clearing at the end of the path, rest in peace
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: sync pulse on August 27, 2012, 05:07:19 AM
I don't think we could get to the moon today let alone 50 years ago.  I would never say this in public but part of me wonders if it was all a show.  I know they had major problems with the lunar lander the week up to the launch then all of a sudden it was good to go?  If one little thing went wrong it would have been the end for them all.  For example the ignition of the landing craft from the lunar surface only had one shot, one shot at pecisely the right time!  Was technology really that advanced 50 years ago?  Armstrong was a true warrior and a soldier, but soldiers follow orders.

I personally conversed at length with the engineer who designed the video link used to bring the video back to earth...yes they did go to the Moon.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: dr.chimps on August 27, 2012, 06:27:14 AM
I liked his earlier music better than his later stuff. PIP.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: local hero on August 27, 2012, 06:36:49 AM
So some guy that pretended to walk on the moon all the while being in a movie studio died ?

Rip Mr. Actor-naut.

thats the 1st thing that popped in my head when i heard.....
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: daddy8ball on August 27, 2012, 02:48:19 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiment

The ongoing Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment measures the distance between the Earth and the Moon using laser ranging. Lasers on Earth are aimed at retroreflectors planted on the Moon during the Apollo program, and the time for the reflected light to return is determined.
Title: Re: RIP Neil Armstrong
Post by: arce1988 on August 27, 2012, 03:07:08 PM
   RIP