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Happy 80th Birthday, Dr. Neil Armstrong
Lunar Pioneer

Posted on 08/05/2010 8:00:46 AM PDT by Prospero

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To: Prospero
One shot, real time...
21 posted on 08/05/2010 8:51:29 AM PDT by Prospero (non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
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To: Razmataz
nice story.....

Happy birthday Mr. Armstrong.....

22 posted on 08/05/2010 8:55:02 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Prospero

Raw balls out, courage and heroism.

From the astronauts, as well as the very young engineers at Mission Control.

Those 10 minutes of audio should be required listenng for every American grade school student.


23 posted on 08/05/2010 8:55:49 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Sorry I leave the “KKKa” to the emotionally stunted children of Kos or DU.


24 posted on 08/05/2010 8:57:10 AM PDT by junta (S.C.U.M. = State Controlled Unreliable Media)
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To: pabianice
we were kids staying up all night to watch IIRC....spreading blankets on the floor....we did the same thing for the March of Dimes telethon and for the annual showing of Oz.....

back when Americans celebrated America...

25 posted on 08/05/2010 9:03:19 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Prospero

Happy Birthday, Dr. Armstrong!

Had the privilege of briefly talking with both him and Captain Cernan while a Purdue undergrad back in the mid 70’s. Definitely one of the high points of my life.


26 posted on 08/05/2010 9:05:42 AM PDT by Strzelec
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To: thulldud
The salute appears to be Jim Irwin of Apollo 15. Those are among the Mons Hadley peaks surrounding the plain at the elbow of Hadley Rille where that mission landed in 1971.

And here's one of the better 50 cm resolution images from 49 km over the Apollo 11 descent stage, swept up by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2009.

From Lunar Pioneer 4

27 posted on 08/05/2010 9:09:10 AM PDT by Prospero (non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
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To: Prospero

That is what I was thinking. I met Irwin once, years ago. Great man. Too bad he is no longer with us.


28 posted on 08/05/2010 9:23:04 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Prospero

Happy Birthday, Mr. Armstrong!

Oh...and Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky!


29 posted on 08/05/2010 9:31:48 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
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To: Prospero

Happy birthday Dr. Armstrong!

By the way. I have always believed that you did say “for a man” and not “for man”. The problem was is the VOX setting of you radio net keying the transmitter on the soft ‘a’ sound.


30 posted on 08/05/2010 9:33:26 AM PDT by IAMIUBU
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To: Prospero

Happy Birthday Dr Armstrong!!


31 posted on 08/05/2010 9:42:57 AM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Prospero

Congratulations!


32 posted on 08/05/2010 10:34:29 AM PDT by detritus
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To: EyeGuy
And 43.7% of America’s yutes can’t tell you who this genuine American hero is, but they can recite verbatim the Rosa Parks legend.

I find that hard to believe. Are you sure you have your facts straight?
33 posted on 08/05/2010 10:53:09 AM PDT by Rooivalk
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To: Rooivalk

Satire.


34 posted on 08/05/2010 11:03:34 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: junta

Happy 80th!


35 posted on 08/05/2010 11:05:54 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Prospero
Dr. Neil Armstrong, first to set foot on another world, celebrates his 80th birthday, August 5, 2010

Happy birthday, Dr Armstrong!

36 posted on 08/05/2010 1:11:27 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("Posting news feeds, making eyes bleed, he's hated on seven continents")
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To: Prospero
Dr. Neil Armstrong, first to set foot on another world, celebrates his 80th birthday, August 5, 2010

Happy birthday, Dr Armstrong!

37 posted on 08/05/2010 1:11:46 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("Posting news feeds, making eyes bleed, he's hated on seven continents")
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To: Rooivalk

“I find that hard to believe.”

I would not doubt that for a minute. The Lady Gaga generation would not know who Columbus was either, except that he has been vilified as an evil white man (and probably was!).


38 posted on 08/05/2010 1:33:58 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Prospero

Happy Birthday Good Sir! May you live long and prosper. (And keep telling folks what you think ;)

My God continue to bless you,
Tatt


39 posted on 08/05/2010 1:35:35 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." DorothyBernard)
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To: thulldud
The photo in 7 is of Dave Scott, near Mt. Hadley, on Apollo 15.
This is Neil Armstrong on the Moon with Apollo 11

40 posted on 08/05/2010 2:09:44 PM PDT by jmcenanly
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