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Post by greenhoff74 on Aug 25, 2012 19:22:44 GMT
I'm sure for most people I don't have to attach any explanations of who he is and what he did.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 25, 2012 19:31:10 GMT
For those of us of a certain age - the first moon landing is one of those things where I can remember where I was and who I was with and I will continue to remember it until the day I die. Those early astronauts were brave guys.
I still think he fluffed his lines though. He should have said "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" - without the "a" it made less sense.
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Post by Hairystool on Aug 25, 2012 19:33:34 GMT
I actually think that the way he said it made it more eloquent; as if to say that it's a small step for man now, but a huge leap for the future of the race.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 19:42:37 GMT
I'm sure for most people I don't have to attach any explanations of who he is and what he did. RIP Neil Armstrong, my childhood hero, first man on the moon and possibly the greatest test pilot of his era , we have lost a giant among men today  |
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Post by frasier99 on Aug 25, 2012 19:42:45 GMT
RIP and Godbless
What a great life he must have had
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 19:47:05 GMT
For those of us of a certain age - the first moon landing is one of those things where I can remember where I was and who I was with and I will continue to remember it until the day I die. Those early astronauts were brave guys. I still think he fluffed his lines though. He should have said "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" - without the "a" it made less sense. And don't forger Lakeland there are still the idiots out there who wil maintain it was a fake and that he never walked on the Moon |
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Post by greenhoff74 on Aug 25, 2012 19:53:51 GMT
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Post by jonathanacworth on Aug 25, 2012 19:57:01 GMT
one giant leap for man kind
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Post by greenhoff74 on Aug 25, 2012 19:59:35 GMT
Not a lot of people know that he was the only civilian on those Mercury and Apollo missions, he was a civilian test pilot, all the others were picked from US Airforce or navy.
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Post by Murdoc Niccals on Aug 25, 2012 20:05:01 GMT
Bloody hell, just after they stripped all them Tour de France titles from him.
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Post by basingstokie on Aug 25, 2012 20:19:32 GMT
RIP, pushed the boundaries like no-one since. His legacy and his footsteps will be there forever.
I know where they should scatter his ashes.
A truly pioneering human being
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Post by StokieMatt on Aug 25, 2012 20:23:19 GMT
Bloody hell, just after they stripped all them Tour de France titles from him. ;D im going to hell for laughing at that RIP, you got be totally nutty to sit in one of them rockets. |
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Post by blurtonboy on Aug 25, 2012 21:08:50 GMT
RIP i loved the song What a Wonderful World, great Jazz trumpeter as well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 21:20:49 GMT
Not a lot of people know that he was the only civilian on those Mercury and Apollo missions, he was a civilian test pilot, all the others were picked from US Airforce or navy. He was a former Navy pilot though, who flew many combat missions over Korea,he didn't fly on any Mercury missions ,but was commander of Gemini 8 He wasn't the only civilian on those flights , there were Five of them on the Apollo missions |
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Post by starkiller on Aug 25, 2012 21:29:50 GMT
Bloody hell, just after they stripped all them Tour de France titles from him. ;D im going to hell for laughing at that RIP, you got be totally nutty to sit in one of them rockets. Especially one made of empty cereal packets, kitchen foil, tent poles, bin liners and Christmas wrapping, all held together with zippers and gold tape that had to travel 239,000 miles through space and radiation.   |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 23:16:32 GMT
RIP i loved the song What a Wonderful World, great Jazz trumpeter as well. Not funny mate |
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Post by Northy on Aug 26, 2012 8:27:31 GMT
;D im going to hell for laughing at that RIP, you got be totally nutty to sit in one of them rockets. Especially one made of empty cereal packets, kitchen foil, tent poles, bin liners and Christmas wrapping, all held together with zippers and gold tape that had to travel 239,000 miles through space and radiation. Perhaps you ought to put some effort into trying to achieve something yourself, instead of trying to slander a very very brave man, as other s have said above, not just the moon landing, (which happened as Jodrell bank and the Russians tracked it), but the fighter pilot in Korea and the test pilot parts of his life. RIP to a very brave and modest man |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Aug 26, 2012 11:40:45 GMT
RIP Mr. Armstrong. |
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Post by blurtonboy on Aug 26, 2012 14:42:46 GMT
RIP i loved the song What a Wonderful World, great Jazz trumpeter as well. Not funny mate Is it not? I apologise for you having a sense of humour bypass Why pick on my post, when earlier in the thread Murdoc Niccals, makes a joke about Lance Armstrong to do with this thread. Get a fucking life, people die every fucking second that the Earth is spinning. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2012 16:59:22 GMT
Is it not? I apologise for you having a sense of humour bypass Why pick on my post, when earlier in the thread Murdoc Niccals, makes a joke about Lance Armstrong to do with this thread. Get a fucking life, people die every fucking second that the Earth is spinning. Fair enough mate, we obviously have very different sense of humour to each other, I just found the death of Neil Armstrong, profoundly sad, I can't see any humour in it, it's just my opinion for what it's worth |
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Post by basingstokie on Aug 26, 2012 20:27:28 GMT
I think it is very sad that Neil Armstrong has died, he was truly THE great pioneer of the 20th century. However he was an old man and his death is not tragic as it would be if he was 30.
The posts about Lance and Louis Armstrong made me chuckle. Apollo 11 does look like it
was made on Blue Peter and it had less computing power than my phone, which makes his and NASA's achievement all the more impressive.
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Post by oldgit57 on Aug 26, 2012 22:36:14 GMT
Goodbye and God bless Neil, A brave and decent human being and truly a hero.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2012 11:33:39 GMT
Does anyone know if he actually died or is it a conspiracy?
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Post by PotteringThrough on Aug 28, 2012 12:42:02 GMT
RIP i loved the song What a Wonderful World, great Jazz trumpeter as well. ;D |
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Post by PotteringThrough on Aug 28, 2012 12:43:50 GMT
Does anyone know if he actually died or is it a conspiracy? No conspiracy, they're going to bury him on the moon with the clangers. Jokes aside, he was a true pioneer and will be immoratlised thorughout history as the first man on the moon. RIP Spaceman. |
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Post by Murdoc Niccals on Aug 28, 2012 13:28:59 GMT
Is it not? I apologise for you having a sense of humour bypass Why pick on my post, when earlier in the thread Murdoc Niccals, makes a joke about Lance Armstrong to do with this thread. Get a fucking life, people die every fucking second that the Earth is spinning. Grass. ;D R.I.P. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2012 23:28:49 GMT
RIP desert dweller.
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Post by redwhite on Aug 28, 2012 23:39:04 GMT
Is it not? I apologise for you having a sense of humour bypass Why pick on my post, when earlier in the thread Murdoc Niccals, makes a joke about Lance Armstrong to do with this thread. Get a fucking life, people die every fucking second that the Earth is spinning.  I've got a sense of humour, your joke was just shit. |
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