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RIP Neil Armstrong
Turvey:
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, after suffering complications from heart surgery, NBC News is reporting.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193587/Neil-Armstrong-dead-Famed-astronaut-man-moon-dies-aged-82.html#ixzz24aUrPblA
ark_ader:
Well he lived a good life and achieved more than any of us.
We all have to go sometime.
Well Fed Games:
I can't believe he kept up that moon landing charade until his death.
j/k... of all the "firsts" to be, "first man on the moon" is pretty awesome. RIP.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Well Fed Games on August 25, 2012, 06:12:56 pm ---I can't believe he kept up that moon landing charade until his death.
j/k... of all the "firsts" to be, "first man on the moon" is pretty awesome. RIP.
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Yeah, dig that one up. Until anyone can prove that lame theory, I'll lean towards the, "we landed," camp.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on August 25, 2012, 07:26:23 pm ---Came back a nut. What did he experience out there?
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When you look at the specs of those early rockets, you realize he was already nuts. IIRC one of the first control systems was really a wire wound and epoxied circuit board. Entirely of 3 input NOR or NAND gates I think.
Strapping a humongous rocket to your butt controlled by a hand built calculator with less processing power than a 8008 certainly qualifies him as nuts. And for that, he earns my respect.
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