Neil Armstrong dead at age 82

HEARALD SUN ^ | AUG 26, 2012

[KeyLargo]

Neil Armstrong dead at age 82 - report

From: news.com.au August 26, 2012 5:03AM

NEIL Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, NBC News has reported.

(More to come)

[tiredoflaundry]

Godspeed to a true American hero!

[KeyLargo]

Armstrong: Obama NASA plan ‘devastating’

Astronauts warn plan would put U.S. on path to “mediocrity”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36470363/ns/nightly_news/#.UDkmXqPNmQI

[Revolting cat!]

Taking the secrets of the Burbank studio with him to the grave!

[BenLurkin]

[Trailerpark Badass]

I’ll be amazed if it gets 1/1000th of the coverage drug-addled Whitney Houston got.

[Biggirl]

RIP great American and pioneer.

[KeyLargo]

One Small Step ... Partial Restoration HD NASA Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDb0irUNa8M

[FatherofFive]

I remember seeing him do the "one small step" bit. Im just old enough to remember it.

I still remember sitting on a chair in our living room watching this 'live' historic moment. I still remember the color of the fabric on the chair, and what I was wearing.

[hollywood]

The first human being to step on the moon. Now THAT is the ultimate resume-enhancing material. He just took his first step at a slightly higher place. R.I.P.

[xp38]

[Terry L Smith]

From one who saw your ‘step’ in ‘69,
Your bravery, commitment, and daring entwined,
A generation, a can-do belief, almost Divine.

‘Ad Astra!’ was the call in our hearts,
‘Ad Astra’ was the dream, to the Galaxy’s outer parts!

Today, we’ve lost that Hero of The Step,
So many years, and yet, only to the Martian Steppe.

We remember ye Neil. We remember ye well.
“Ad Astra!” to ye, Neil! Hail and Farewell!

[slapshot]

Snap Salute and bring down slow

[Rebelbase]

That generation did some hairy stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qhcs6qiHLI&feature=related

[BIGLOOK]

[scottinoc]

So sad to hear of his passing. He always seemed like such a genuine good guy, never heard of him trying to cash in on his fame. You did America proud, Neil. Thank you!

[BenLurkin]

Sadly, I fear you are correct.

[Zhang Fei]

John Gillespie Magee, Jr. on the magic of flight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.

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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, or 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.

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[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

RIP.

“High Flight”

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, or 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.