We've lost such a brave man!

My goodness, how sudden, and only 82 years old, what a loss to the world... :hi:

Yeah just saw that on local news site...

 

Great man who will surely be always remembered by whole world as first man on the moon. Glad that he was able to live such a long and full life.

Sad news :-(

A giant part of mankind's history is over.

Goodbye, Neil. You will never be forgotten.

 

Yeah just saw that on local news site...

 

 

Yeah they just cut into the Barclays a few minutes ago to mention it. I had no idea he had been having health problems so it was a total shock to me.

 

 

I listened to Neil Armstrong's touch down on the moon on AFVN radio in 1969, when I was with the Marines in Vietnam. It was one of the events that inspired me to carry on. Here are a few words that have always lifted me. They seem appropriate now:

 

A Tribute

High Flight

 

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,

I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .

Up, up the long, delirious burning blue

I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —

And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

 

— John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Well said.

Just remember that his footprints will remain on the moon for millennia - long after all earthly trace of us has gone....

The Mercury, Gemini and Apollo era astronauts have always been my heroes. Their contribution to this country and the world has been well noted in the past. It is sad to hear of Neil Armstrong's passing. It is also sad to realize that he and the other astronauts never got to see man return to the Moon after the Apollo program. I was blessed to see those days of amazing adventure as a kid. RIP Neil.

Hi,

 

RIP Neil, a true American Hero!!!

Well said. I posted the series of very recent interviews with Neil at our site, just search. Such a humble, smart man. He was truly made of 'the right stuff'

Just remember that his footprints will remain on the moon for millennia - long after all earthly trace of us has gone....

Heh. I was gonna say that; you beat me to it. Hell of a tribute to the guy though.

A truly remarkable individulal,and an inspiration to all mankind!

 

RIP Neil