GordonD 3,138 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098 LOS, Neil. We'll see you on the other side. Link to post Share on other sites
kspriss 38 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Sad, sad news. A personal hero of mine 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HammerUK9 103 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've been meaning to for some time, but I definitely need to get RealSpaceModel's 1/48 CSM now and get back into the space stuff. To remember what and who have gone before. Link to post Share on other sites
stevesig 9 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 RIP Neil First Man to step on the surface of another world! In my book the greatest Human achievement of all time. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 15,825 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 RIP - sad news. Link to post Share on other sites
DaveJL 6,700 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Awfully sad. A true history maker. Rest in peace. Link to post Share on other sites
hacker 527 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 fighter pilot then test pilot then to go on to the greatest adventure anyone can imagine. Truly one of the great Reluctant hero of our generation has ever seen and never will see the like of again. RIP Mr Armstrong you lived a good life, one most of us can only dream of. Link to post Share on other sites
Miggers 1,610 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Blue skies forever Sir. You and Buzz really showed the world. A fantastic achievement that certainly captivated this(at the time)nine year old boy. Many thanks and Godspeed. Link to post Share on other sites
Sundowner14 155 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Before long, there won't be anyone left alive who's left Earth and stepped foot on another surface. RIP Neil Alden Armstrong. Reluctant hero you may have been, but you surely had the right stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Max Headroom 7,138 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 RIP one of my childhood heroes. Trevor Link to post Share on other sites
macgregor 251 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 RIP one of my childhood heroes. Trevor 2nd that! RIIP Mac Link to post Share on other sites
chaddy 268 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Sad and unexpected news. It makes one stop and ponder when the heroes of one's youth are suddenly no longer with us. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites
paul178 233 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I was 24 and remember it like yesterday watching it on TV. "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” RIP Spaceman. Link to post Share on other sites
HL-10 5,709 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I read his biography. What an outstanding man. What a sad day. Rest in peace,and iin Tranquility. Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bradley 1,978 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Very sad news, indeed. As someone who grew up with the space programme, though just too young to remember that mission, it is a very sad day. He was just here in town for a charity dinner last month, perhaps his last public engagement and apparently was very good value. RIP Link to post Share on other sites
hacker 527 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 l was 8 when the family sat and watch it on the old B&W on the farm. It is ingrained in my mind until this day. Personal childhood hero here. This kinda makes one feel old when famous people you grew up with are dying off one by one. Link to post Share on other sites
Madam I'm Adam 3 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 just sadness.....a legend Link to post Share on other sites
rmcclure 390 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 How very, very sad but let's remember his remarkable achievements. A true hero whose story has amazed me for the past 43 years. Link to post Share on other sites
abacus 140 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 A real life legend. God I remember being riveted to those live broadcasts, some at strange times of the day. Was it Peter Fairley that commentated? A life well lived Mr Armstrong. RIP Link to post Share on other sites
prowler0000 234 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Not many people can claim to be the "1st" at anything: He was without doubt our greatest 1st! A humble man who never sought fame and just wanted to to the best he could, & who went on to be a legend. Godspeed, Mr Armstrong. I hope we can live up to what you the other Apollo boys started..... Link to post Share on other sites
Dermo245 5,545 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I was 1! My birthday was the day Apollo 11 took off. I still have my Dad's atlas which had a map of the moon - on it, my Dad wrote "Tranquillity Base" in advance of the landing. My family tell me that Dad had us all up to watch it happen, to witness history. Fighter pilot. Test pilot. Lunar Module pilot. Absolute legend. Godspeed Neil Armstrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Ossian 16 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 And so he takes his final giant leap.... God Speed, Neil R I P Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony Kesterton 151 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 A man who lived a great life, did amazing things and was always very humble about it. He made the human race proud. Time to return to the moon and go beyond. Link to post Share on other sites
Karl 883 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Very sad news indeed.. RIP Neil Armstrong Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Mock 169 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites
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