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joe6263
 Post subject: Neil Armstrong
PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:29 pm 
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Just found out that Neil Armstrong has died at 82. Such a sad loss to the wold. A great man :( :(

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 Post subject: Re: Neil Armstrong
PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:25 pm 
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A true iconic hero. Very sad news indeed :(

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 Post subject: Re: Neil Armstrong
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I was said to see this in the news... First the loss of Hillary a few yrs ago, and now Armstrong.


Will be a while I think until we get another truly inspiring 'first' again (Mars???)
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 Post subject: Re: Neil Armstrong
PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 3:34 am 
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RIP... :cry: Wearing this today in honor...

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 Post subject: Re: Neil Armstrong
PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:24 am 
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Like all real heroes he was humble.

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 Post subject: Re: Neil Armstrong
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The passing of a true legend. RIP.

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 Post subject: Re: Neil Armstrong
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I will never offer that night. Just me and my Dad up late watching a grainy image on a black and white TV. It was special on several levels.


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 Post subject: Re: Neil Armstrong
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Just me and my Dad up late watching a grainy image on a black and white TV.


That was my exact same thought, even though so many years have gone by. But I remember precisely, as if it was yesterday, the room, the black and white TV, a Telefunken, and my parents watching anxiously at a shade going down a ladder. Even though I had been awakened, I had kept silent for once, sensing, more than really understanding, the importance of the moment. It was 4:56 am.

Funny how certain moments in a man's life stay engraved for ever in his memory.

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I remember a lot of the space program coverage, but particularly Armstrong on the moon and the first manned orbit of the moon, Apollo 8 on Christmas 1968. Also, as an english-speaking Midwestern U.S. kid, I thought Telefunken was the coolest name.

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