[WeightWatchyshow]

Dude could land on a rock blindfolded with 10 secs of fuel left and not have a pulse rate above 50.
What a ride.

[juidizHusw]

Dude could land on a rock blindfolded with 10 secs of fuel left and not have a pulse rate above 50.
What a ride.

He certainly was a special breed made of the right stuff.
He also had just as many harrowing adventures in his US Navy Air Force days....


Neil Armstrong
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Neil Armstrong


USAF / NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Born August 5, 1930
Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.
Died August 25, 2012 (aged 82)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Previous occupation Naval aviator, test pilot
Time in space 8 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes and 31 seconds
Selection 1958 Man In Space Soonest
1960 Dyna-Soar
1962 NASA Group 2
Total EVAs 1
Total EVA time 2 hours 31 minutes
Missions Gemini 8, Apollo 11
Mission insignia
Awards
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.
Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C variants, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker, and was one of eight elite pilots involved in the paraglider research vehicle program (Paresev). He graduated from Purdue University and the University of Southern California.
A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs, Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. His first spaceflight was the NASA Gemini 8 mission in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space.[1] On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon along with Collins and Aldrin, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.


I'm sure he'll go where all the good Astronauts go.

Pity we didn't have more like him.

R.I.P.

[dogdesign]

Wow. It had to happen but it is bad juju just the same.

[ProomoSam]

The triple by-pass [or whatever the heart operation was he had] could not have gone as well as expected.
Although last reports were he was doing fine.

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Carol Armstrong told The Associated Press in an email Friday that in the days since the surgery, her 82-year-old husband has been able to get out of bed and sit in a chair, and then walk up and down the corridor. She says: "Neil is amazingly resilient and on track with his rehab schedule." She credits her husband's drive and the expertise of his doctors.


http://phys.org/news/2012-08-wife-ex...ient.html#nRlv
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[netamargr]

I reckon I could land on a rock blindfolded with 10 secs of fuel left and not have a pulse rate at all.

[andreas]

LOL @ jj.

Very sad news though.

[S.T.D.]

In a statement issued by the White House, Obama said Armstrong was one of the greatest of American heroes, "not just of his time, but of all time."

Armstrong's modesty and self-effacing manner never faded.

When he appeared in Dayton, Ohio, in 2003 to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight, he bounded onto a stage before 10,000 people. But he spoke for only a few seconds, did not mention the moon and quickly ducked out of the spotlight.

He later joined former astronaut and Sen. John Glenn to lay wreaths on the graves of airplane inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright. Glenn introduced Armstrong and noted it was 34 years to the day that Armstrong had walked on the moon.

"Thank you, John. Thirty-four years?" Armstrong quipped, as if he hadn't given it a thought.

At another joint appearance, the two embraced and Glenn commented: "To this day, he's the one person on Earth, I'm truly, truly envious of."




http://phys.org/news/2012-08-neil-ar...moon-dies.html

[rushiddink]

His humility reminds me of another great man who left us in 1955.

[prpaims]

>>I like this tribute from the Facebook page "I f*ing love science":

I'm sure that like me, you were all shocked to hear of the death of Neil Armstrong. If I'm honest, I was completely flabbergasted in spite of his age and recent heart surgery.

It was not simply the death of someone famous, or the death of someone we all admired. It was the death of someone who made history. The death of someone whose name will still be taught in a thousand years. How many people can say that?

I've spent the last hour putting together a long post all about his life. But to be honest, if you want to know where he went to college and his mothers maiden name you can Wikipedia him. That doesn't matter. What matters is that a man who inspired millions of people, myself included, died today.

Neil lived a long and happy life. In spite my my initial tears, I won't be mourning him. I'll just be grateful and happy that such a brave, good man ever existed and that he lived such a long happy life - and had the opportunity to change history.

I will leave you with two quotes. The first is from his family, who released this statement:
"For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink."

And the second is from Neil himself.
"I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream."

RIP Neil. You changed the world.

>>

[voksveta]

And the second is from Neil himself.
"I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream."

RIP Neil. You changed the world.
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I fully echo the sentiments of the great man.

[resegooredo]

RIP to a legend.

The man that walked on the Moon.

[DagoIgnog]

Here is what the Whitehouse has to say...


Statement by the President on the Passing of Neil Armstrong

Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Neil Armstrong.
Neil was among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time. When he and his fellow crew members lifted off aboard Apollo 11 in 1969, they carried with them the aspirations of an entire nation. They set out to show the world that the American spirit can see beyond what seems unimaginable - that with enough drive and ingenuity, anything is possible. And when Neil stepped foot on the surface of the moon for the first time, he delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten.

Today, Neil's spirit of discovery lives on in all the men and women who have devoted their lives to exploring the unknown - including those who are ensuring that we reach higher and go further in space. That legacy will endure - sparked by a man who taught us the enormous power of one small step.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...neil-armstrong

[bomondus]

A quote from my car forum, I reckon it's pretty good.

I never saw the Moon landing on TV or heard it on radio. I didn't even see the last man walk on the Moon. I was born 17 years after Neil, Buzz and Michael made their amazing journey. However, ever since I was a child I've been fascinated with Apollo, the Moon landing and the manned space program in general. I've read, watch and looked at everything I can from that era of space exploration. At the age of 13 I was sent home from school because I bloodied a kids nose when he said the Moon landings were faked.

Today I am 26 and I cried when I read this news this morning.

This isn't just a great loss to a nation or to NASA. It's a great loss to the entire human race. 43 years ago we put men on the Moon and a Supersonic air-liner in the sky. Today we don't do either and I think that's sad and I hope that if one good thing comes from the passing of Neil Armstrong, it's a renewed effort to as President Kennedy put it "Go to the Moon and do the other things, not because they're easy, but because they're hard."

Goodbye Neil.

[Flalafuse]

“For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.”
-From the Armstrong Family statement upon Neil Armstrong's death.

[ambiddetcat]

Wonder how long 'til this song starts hitting airwaves again?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-1VtFKiBzo

[bonyrek]

Shouldn't that be "Ultimate Bypass"?

[skiboyx]

Shouldn't that be "Ultimate Bypass"?

It'd be better than the current title.
Could the Mods please change the title to either make it Australian - "Ultimate badarse" - or just something more respectful. Up to you ....


Edit - thanks for that, much better.

[Verger99]

It'd be better than the current title.
Could the Mods please change the title to either make it Australian - "Ultimate badarse" - or just something more respectful. Up to you ....

Now, now...he was a Yank, so saying "ass" is okay :P but strangely I agree on the something more respectful.

[letmelogin]

When I was a lad, I watched the moon landing on TV and I even took a photograph of the moment that Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. Obviously, I should not have used the flash bulb. Nevertheless, here is the photograph of that momentus occasion...

[newshep]

Cheers, Mr Armstrong. It was a remarkable achievement by a man with many admirable qualities.