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Ferocious Aardvark wrote:I really can't credit it. Not only that there are people naive or stupid enough to still doubt the Moon landings, but that they would be so crass as to intrude with their asining ramblings on an RIP thread.
Not that the sane part of the human population thought it would make any difference to these lunatics and knuckle draggers, but as a kick in the proverbials for them, and as a tribute to one of man's greatest achievements, here's one of the images taken in July by the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter of the Apollo 11 landing site where, funnily enough, everything is still there. And will forever be, as the best tribute to Neil Armstrong of all.
An all time hero of mine, as a 12 year old I was glued to the mission on the telly and subsequent missions. Never forget visiting Kennedy Space Centre when I docked in Mayport Naval Base in 1978 and had my photo took next to a full size Saturn 5 rocket, amazing stuff. How many humans will be remembered in a 10,000 years ? , the likes of Armstrong, Gagarin will be, I am sure, true pioneers who optimise the real human spirit of adventure.
Ferocious Aardvark wrote:I really can't credit it. Not only that there are people naive or stupid enough to still doubt the Moon landings, but that they would be so crass as to intrude with their asining ramblings on an RIP thread.
Not that the sane part of the human population thought it would make any difference to these lunatics and knuckle draggers, but as a kick in the proverbials for them, and as a tribute to one of man's greatest achievements, here's one of the images taken in July by the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter of the Apollo 11 landing site where, funnily enough, everything is still there. And will forever be, as the best tribute to Neil Armstrong of all.
An all time hero of mine, as a 12 year old I was glued to the mission on the telly and subsequent missions. Never forget visiting Kennedy Space Centre when I docked in Mayport Naval Base in 1978 and had my photo took next to a full size Saturn 5 rocket, amazing stuff. How many humans will be remembered in a 10,000 years ? , the likes of Armstrong, Gagarin will be, I am sure, true pioneers who optimise the real human spirit of adventure.
'when my life is over, the thing which will have given me greatest pride is that I was first to plunge into the sea, swimming freely underwater without any connection to the terrestrial world'
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rover49 wrote:You've never heard of Photoshop
RIP Neil
An all time hero of mine, as a 12 year old I was glued to the mission on the telly and subsequent missions. Never forget visiting Kennedy Space Centre when I docked in Mayport Naval Base in 1978 and had my photo took next to a full size Saturn 5 rocket, amazing stuff. How many humans will be remembered in a 10,000 years ? , the likes of Armstrong, Gagarin will be, I am sure, true pioneers who optimise the real human spirit of adventure.
where will NA be buried, Arlington maybe ? (or maybe cremated ?) - the reason for asking is that you mentioned Gagarin and I have visited his cremated remains that are behind a plaque in the wall of the Kremlin about 50 yards from Lenins tomb - he is still considered a hero of the Soviet Union - NA will surely have the same kind of status ?
sanjunien wrote:where will NA be buried, Arlington maybe ? (or maybe cremated ?) - the reason for asking is that you mentioned Gagarin and I have visited his cremated remains that are behind a plaque in the wall of the Kremlin about 50 yards from Lenins tomb - he is still considered a hero of the Soviet Union - NA will surely have the same kind of status ?
Maybe his remains will be put in a canister and shot into space ?
Science flies people to the moon. Religion flies people into buildings.
An all time hero of mine, as a 12 year old I was glued to the mission on the telly and subsequent missions. Never forget visiting Kennedy Space Centre when I docked in Mayport Naval Base in 1978 and had my photo took next to a full size Saturn 5 rocket, amazing stuff. How many humans will be remembered in a 10,000 years ? , the likes of Armstrong, Gagarin will be, I am sure, true pioneers who optimise the real human spirit of adventure.
What about Valentina Tereshkova as well ? She was the first female Cosmonaut in space.
Science flies people to the moon. Religion flies people into buildings.
Speaking of Gagarin and Armstrong and Aldrin etc...
Can anyone remember the names (no cheating, no googling) of the three astronauts who died in a fire on the launchpad of one of the early Apollo flights ?
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