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Neil Armstrong has died at 82 Today

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Re: Neil Armstrong has died at 82 Today

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What's sad is that we didn't yet returned to the moon, and he won't live to see it.

There have been 13 moon walks since the Apollo 11 mission in which he was the first to walk on the moon, spanning 5 missions from 1969-1972, FYI. He was the first, but definitely not the last.

Re: Neil Armstrong has died at 82 Today

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What's sad is that we didn't yet returned to the moon, and he won't live to see it.

He waited until we got to Mars...

The earliest attempts at Mars exploration were made by the soviets and NASA in the 60s (largely unsuccessful IIRC). In 1976 NASA successfully landed on the Mars (Viking I) and, even more amazingly, sent back color photos.

Curiosity is a great mission, but I'm still more impressed with the Viking missions.

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