onthatB0MBSHELL Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 RIP Neil Armstrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Bloody hell. RIP and condolences to his family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Very sad indeed. I can remember staying up to watch coverage of the landing and having to go to work the next day. He was great man indeed. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 These men were the bravest of the brave and real hero's to the whole world. To do what they did with technology based on knitting needles and string was truly amazing. The world is a poorer place today with his demise, RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 RIP an icon to a generation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 +1 RIP Star Man. I don't know the facts but I remember comparison was made to the computing power that they used to land on the moon and it is said that it was no more than that of a current day scientific calculator Obviously cutting edge at the time but it makes you realise exactly what they all achieved. I particularly liked this quote:- "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft - and the only one that can be mass-produced using unskilled labour." Werner von Braun (Designer of the Apollo V Launchers... and a few other things..) These men were the bravest of the brave and real hero's to the whole world. To do what they did with technology based on knitting needles and string was truly amazing. The world is a poorer place today with his demise, RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 They had bloody balls of steel to do what they did. Very much a man of the "Right Stuff". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bockaaarck Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Very sad, the passing of what one could argue is the most significant man of modern times, certainly in relation to what mankind could achieve. With Aldrin and Collins being of the same age it won't be long before they to are no longer with us. I think its very easy to forget sometimes how truely incredible and miraculous their achievement, along with those of the engineers, scientists, designers, testers, and backup crews really is. Rest in piece Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthatB0MBSHELL Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 It's great to see this man being appreciated for what he achieved, I had expected a few conspiracy theorists to raise their heads, but fair play to you all. RIP Neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 It's great to see this man being appreciated for what he achieved, I had expected a few conspiracy theorists to raise their heads, but fair play to you all. RIP Neil. They can. But they'll be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Interesting fact: There are only 3-4 photographs of Armstrong on the moon. All the famous pictures we know about are of Aldrin, as it was Neil using the primary camera. Very sad, proper old-fashioned hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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