RIP Neil Armstong

A tribute from of the two persons most qualified:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-collins-the-neil-armstrong-i-knew–and-flew-with/2012/09/12/b3f7556c-fb7c-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story.html

I saw a number of flags at half staff yesterday, presumably in his honor.

News reports state that he flew some 200 different types of aircraft. Here’s a sampling of them:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/08/neil-armstrong-aircraft/?pid=2232

Sic itur ad astra.

His funeral will be held today, rather fittingly on the day of a Blue Moon occurrence.

It’s hard to think of anyone else who better symbolises the human desire to explore. As has already been posted,

Neil Armstrong: The first human to set foot on another world!

The moon’s out… and I’ve just winked at it.

Go on…..

Indeed. It’s a Wonderful World. Especially when you can see it all at once. 🙂

Indeed it is! I always get a bit emotional when I see these photos! Earthrise from Apollo 8.
(don’t worry Pagen01, just wanted to clarify my point, which probably wasn’t clear)

Very true David, and after I pressed ‘submit reply’ I sussed out what you meant.
Must have been a bit of a moment watching your fellow crew disapearing off to the moon, I saw an interview with him and he was very professional about the whole thing.
Amazing times, from riding the most powerful manned vehicle, to the serenity of walking on another body, which we will never see the likes of again.

…surprised they didn’t come up with Louis Armstrong!

Indeed. It’s a Wonderful World. Especially when you can see it all at once. 🙂

Even though Armstrong was the mission commander, Michael Collins was the Command Module (Columbia) pilot for Apollo 11, which of course meant he couldn’t go to the moon with Neil & Buzz on the Lunar Module, !

And of course the BBC should have made this point clear. Poor old Michael Collins. Always felt more sorry for him than than the second man on the moon!

BBC News website refer to “Michael Collins, a pilot on the Apollo 11 Moon mission” (so how many where there???)

Even though Armstrong was the mission commander, Michael Collins was the Command Module (Columbia) pilot for Apollo 11, which of course meant he couldn’t go to the moon with Neil & Buzz on the Lunar Module, Eagle.
The NBC ‘Neil Young’ thing is unforgiveable, surprised they didn’t come up with Louis Armstrong!

I think he was a part of a team that excelled in the Apollo program. The creation of the Saturn V and the moon lander should be lauded as much as the crews that operated them.

I understand that Neil Armstrong said just the same thing. And this was one of the reasons he hated the limelight on just himself.

I think he was a part of a team that excelled in the Apollo program. The creation of the Saturn V and the moon lander should be lauded as much as the crews that operated them.

Fuzzy image as I saw it as a six year old, as did millions of others. My earliest memory.

The Moon Landing is also my earliest memory. I was three at the time, and crying because, instead of bringing me my breakfast, my parents were glued to a tiny TV (this was in New Zealand) watching a triangle bobbing in the sea with parachutes coming out of it. Little did I realise at the time I was witnessing history.
Neil Armstrong was a truly great man. May he rest in peace.

I thought this was joke, but clearly not.

BBC News website refer to “Michael Collins, a pilot on the Apollo 11 Moon mission” (so how many where there???)

10% of American GDP in the 60’s. So whatever that is today. Don’t worry you will see a man set foot on the moon in your life time and he will have come from China.

Anyone care to work out how much the Apollo program would cost in today’s money? If the Olympics cost £10 billion!!!

This image is a fine way to remember him.

Apollo 11 at an altitude of 39 miles from an Air Force EC-135N, some 50 miles down range from the launch site.

NBC in the US reported “Neil Young, first man on the moon has died”….

Neil Young was on the moon………….Harvest Moon (the album) easy mistake what with the words Neil and moon all in the same sentence!

I can’t imagine what it must be like to set foot on another planet (moon), look back at the Earth and wonder. It must be a very humbling and moving experience, and while I would never have the courage to do what he did, or ever in my lifetime see another person do what he did, I wish I had been there to witness the event, if only on TV.