Re: Neil Armstrong : Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:19 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

I still want to know why they stripped him of the Tour de France victories ?

Because he was drug pedalling (sic).

Re: Neil Armstrong : Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:20 pm  

A great pilot who will be remembered forever.

RIP Neil.

Re: Neil Armstrong : Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:44 pm  

First Michael Jackson and now Neil Armstrong.





God really isn't a fan of the moonwalk is he?

Re: Neil Armstrong : Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:53 pm  

kirkstaller wrote:

A great pilot who will be remembered forever.

RIP Neil.

A great pilot and sinner who will be remembered forever by God as a trespasser.

Re: Neil Armstrong : Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:49 am  

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. Larger image on NASA site: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/628459main_Apollo_11.jpg Photographers or anyone wanting a play with the full-res image strip, try this: http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/view/M104362199R 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.

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. Larger image on NASA site: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/628459main_Apollo_11.jpg Photographers or anyone wanting a play with the full-res image strip, try this: http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/view/M104362199R 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.

Re: Neil Armstrong : Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:07 pm  

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 ?

Re: Neil Armstrong : Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:14 pm  

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 ?

Re: Neil Armstrong : Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:15 pm  

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.

What about Valentina Tereshkova as well ? She was the first female Cosmonaut in space.

Re: Neil Armstrong : Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:31 pm  

airliebird9 wrote:

Don't think there is any doubt man has stepped on the moon but whether it was Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969 is debatable

Why is it debatable? Very few things are beyond any question. Armstrong being the first man on the moon is one of them.

Re: Neil Armstrong : Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:29 pm  

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 ?

Probably not many, I certainly can't.

How do we select our heroes ?