It is not his death we should focus on - for Neil Armstrong, and his collegues, we should not let his life be in vain.
Back to the moon for good - or a lot of good people wasted their time.
Neil Armstrong has died at 82 Today
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#52in coelo quies est
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#53NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/science/space/neil-armstro...
Interestingly enough the NY Times article is nearly identical, word for word, to the linked article.
No worries...the Original link was just a stub.
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The article currently is just a stub. I imagine this is related to the heart bypass surgery he underwent a couple of weeks ago:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185898/Neil-Armstro....
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corford 1 hour ago | link
It looks like it's true :( More informative article here: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/neil-armstrong-man-moon-dea....
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#54That's one small step for a man... one giant step for mankind.
- RIP Mr. Armstrong
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#55Did anyone read "Armstrong" and first thought of Lance Armstrong? When his life achievements were stripped away, I thought he would be on suicide watch.
No.
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#56It is not his death we should focus on - for Neil Armstrong, and his collegues, we should not let his life be in vain. Back to the moon for good - or a lot of good people wasted their time.
I think it's possible to say with some confidence that his life wasn't in vain. He, along with his colleagues here and on the moon that day, haven't inspired just one generation - but every generation that came after.
What an achievement. May he rest in peace.
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#57Did anyone read "Armstrong" and first thought of Lance Armstrong? When his life achievements were stripped away, I thought he would be on suicide watch.
Lance Armstrong has not been stripped of his medals/achievements. The USADA is not the UCI.
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#58Neil Armstrong would have been 17 years old when Orville Wright died in 1948. In the lifespan of those two men, humanity went from horse-and-buggy to standing on the moon. One wonders what the 17 year olds of today might accomplish...
Woah, as a 17 year old, that blows my mind. I cannot wait to see what humanity accomplishes in my lifetime. Personally, I'm hoping to see the first man's footsteps on mars.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
This snarky comment is quite superfluous, I say.
Not sure what was snarky about it, other than the fact that he pointed out that you were incorrect.. He didn't say it rudely at all?
They are different conversations. The first is about humanity returning to the moon, having stopped going, and the other is about people in the first batch.
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#60Neil Armstrong would have been 17 years old when Orville Wright died in 1948. In the lifespan of those two men, humanity went from horse-and-buggy to standing on the moon. One wonders what the 17 year olds of today might accomplish...
Woah, as a 17 year old, that blows my mind. I cannot wait to see what humanity accomplishes in my lifetime. Personally, I'm hoping to see the first man's footsteps on mars.
I'm 21 myself and by what I see around me in my friends and people close my age is that we've become too accustomed to seeing instead of doing. We should start thinking along the terms of "I cannot wait to DO that!" if we ever want the chance to follow in the footsteps of a man like Neil and succeed in taking human achievement further than our predecessors. But hey... you're 17 and you read HN. That's a good start!