[shortstop]

It will be Columbus and Magellan and Armstrong, each leapfrogging the other in the innate human impulse to explore, remembered as long as man remembers.

When the names Romney and Obama have moldered into meaninglessness, school children will still learn the name of Armstrong and be inspired by what he did. His will be one of the greatest names of our era, one of the greatest men to ever live.

[Red Badger]

Neal or Lance?.........

[Joe 6-pack]

"It will be Columbus and Magellan and Armstrong..."

I would include Lewis & Clark in that pantheon as well.

[napscoordinator]

Why doesn’t the Republicans have a memorial service for the guy. They have the microphone for the next three days. Use it for some good. There are two stories hogging up the airwaves....the storm and the GOP. Nothing else is going on.

[napscoordinator]

Yesterday, the president ordered the America flags at federal properties to be flown at half- staff on Friday, the day Neil A. Armstrong is buried.

I told everyone that Armstrong would get his flag day at 1/2 staff. Nobody believed me but I knew it 100 percent. Right again. Someday you guys will at least believe 1/2 what I say.

[stevie_d_64]

Funny thing about Armstrong...He’d probably look at all this fuss and say “nahhhhhhh”...

But he’d say it in a way that could be written down for the ages to learn from...

There was economy of effort in the things he said and did in his lifetime, and that is a lesson in and of itself...

IIRC, you could go back and look at the medical telemetry and when the 1200 series of alerts came from HOUSTON to the Eagle about those concerns...

I believe his heartrate stayed normal...I stand to be corrected,but that is what I remember of a little side story years ago...

But hey...He was not alone in that effort either...There was another guy there in that lander...And he lost a pretty good friend there...

[txrangerette]

The death of Neil Armstrong wasn’t ignored. The second he died, and for some time thereafter, this was the lead story on every newsbreak, on every tv screen news crawler, etc. I heard it, I saw it, it was dominant.

What happened is that people have gone on from there in a somewhat understated way, not like Kennedy, King, etc being assassinated. The circumstances of Armstrong’s death at 82, from heart disease, wasn’t shocking. He had lived as long as his body was able, so he passed from this life, and his enormous achievement was noted.

Beyond that, where would you go? Neil Armstrong was very understated and hated personal publicity. The man would not want anything more than what he received. He was PAINFULLy against anything more than that in life, and no doubt, in death.

[SampleMan]

Obama, “Armstrong didn't do that, the government provided the rocket, the suit, the training, and his 3rd grade school teacher.”

In point of fact, I have always been astounded by how very little homage was given to the Mercury and Apollo astronauts. I would guess that 99% of Americans could have run into Alan Shepard or Neil Armstrong at the grocery store, and never recognized them. 50% of Americans alive today probably couldn't even tell you who they were, if provided the name.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Same reason Ubama dismantled NASA.

He hates white boys and their achievements.

I am not being facetious.

[Pietro]

We've traded greatness for fairness.

Nothing is allowed now unless it includes females and minorities.

Greatness is done, and will be eradicated from history; look at Columbus for object lesson #1.

Just like the arch-bureaucrats want it.

[Mike Darancette]

It will be Columbus and Magellan and Armstrong.

Actually Armstrong was probably the only legitimate first. The Vikings, at a minimum, preceded Columbus and Magellan died prior to circling the globe.

[The Sons of Liberty]

WHY WE ARE IGNORING ARMSTRONG

Other than another excuse to put his ugly face in a picture, the kenyan usurper has yet to figure out how to capitalize on a True American Hero who was humble. Therefore, ignoring him so that Hussein remains the center of attention, is the strategy.

[jboot]

Neil Armstrong represented everything the liberals hate about America. He was a brilliant, ambitious, goal-oriented, rugged leader and-most vexing of all-he was humble to the bone. His triumph was built on hard work, sacrifice and commitment, all things that are anethema to the progs.

He also was openly critical of the White Hut's (non-)space policy. I'm sure that went a long way to putting him on Zero's sh*tlist.

[ConorMacNessa]

"When Obama himself dies, for example, the flag will be lowered for 30 days."

The Flag at Castle MacNessa will fly high and proud during that period.

Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon was the culmination of an arduous team effort and stands as one of the great technological accomplishments of all time. The voyage itself was fraught with danger - recall how many of our Astronauts have perished in the performance of their duties. Armstrong acquitted himself magnificently, with courage, grace and humility.



How upside down are the values of this Administration that the Flag is lowered for victims of random violence and not lowered for our honored Fallen, and lowered only for a single day for a hero like Neil Armstrong!

The passing of Neil Armstrong deserves, IMHO, a much greater tribute than this Administration has accorded him.

Godspeed Neil Armstrong and Rest in Peace!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[NonValueAdded]

Shout out for Astronaut Michael Collins, the third member of the Apollo 11 crew.

[saywhatagain]

"WHY WE ARE IGNORING ARMSTRONG?"

Because the current President was only "Made In America?"

He does not have a clue how to speak of nor honor anyone of greatness?

And of course the minions surrounding him could care less of anything that might acknowledge "American Exceptionalism"

[Covenantor]

A little remembered fact about the lunar mission.

Along with the American Flag, Armstrong and Aldrin left this little item on the surface of the moon.

The Apollo One Mission patch designed by the three astronauts themselves.

A memorial to their three comrades who died in the command module fire during a test on the launch pad. Apollo One, the flight that never was.

The investigation of the fire uncovered severe deficiencies and lapses in the NASA mind set, design flaws, and dereliction in monitoring contract work, not to mention the cover-up efforts after the fact.

The Wikipedia piece is worth the read.

[B212]

Unnoticed, by intent...a male, and a white guy as well...

[apillar]

As long as mankind is a species of sentience and technology, as long as history is kept and read, the name of Neil A. Armstrong will be known.

Or to paraphrase what one of high school teachers once said about Neil Armstrong, "A thousand years from now when students pick up their history books and the entire 20th century is reduced to one or two pages, Neil Armstrong being the first man on the moon will be what they read learn our time."

[RavenLooneyToon]

Neil Armstrong:

78 missions over Korea for a total of 121 hours in the air. He received the Air Medal for 20 combat missions, a Gold Star for the next 20, and the Korean Service Medal and Engagement Star.

Master of science degree in aeronautical engineering.
Professor of aeronautical engineering Purdue University.
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy
The Sylvanus Thayer Award
The Collier Trophy from the National Aeronautics Association
Congressional Gold Medal.
The lunar crater Armstrong, 31 mi (50 km) from the Apollo 11 landing site, and asteroid 6469 Armstrong[133] are named in his honor.

HE WALKED ON THE FREAK'N MOON!
WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE!

Treating his death as a sidebar, as a trivial foot note, absolutely disgusts me to the point of vomiting in my throat.

Any leader of our nation who had an once of character and respect would go on national television and pay tribute to the greatest American to ever live and declare a national day of mourning, propose a plan to send man to Mars with in the next decade and remind us all that it is not what the nation can do for you, it's about what you can do for your nation.

I am so enraged, disappointed, and designedly disgusted with today's culture of irresponsible, underachieving and mentally disabled gurly-men who are shaping and controlling the minds of our future generations.

I mourn for Neil Armstrong.
I mourn for our nation.
I mourn for our children.
I mourn for our greatness. I mourn for our freedom and our Republic.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

I believe Neil Armstrong would reject the comparison to Columbus and Magellan, who organized and commanded their entire efforts from the ground up.

I've heard two lunar astronauts (Collins and Cernan) speak in person. Both of them went out of their way to emphasize that they got the PR because their skiils and training enabled them to sit at the sharp end of the rocket, but that there were thousands of others who contributed every bit as much as the astronauts did.