R I P Neil Armstrong, my hero as a child and adult.

dmpizza
dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I was 6 when we landed on the Moon and I follow the space program very closely.
If you read about how and why Neil Armstrong was selected it is truly amazing.
He was flying his Gemini mission when one of the the thrusters started firing for no reason.
Neil Armstrong had to manually bring the ship under control while the misfiring retro was still active. If he didn't do this, he and the other astronaut would have died. He stayed cool and did his job.
For this and many other reasons he was selected tp fly Apollo 11.
He personified the kind of person you occationally meet that is cool under pressure and also an amazingly nice person too.

RIP Neil, you wil be missed.

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  • diadojikohei
    diadojikohei Posts: 732 Member
    Well said. He's my hero too!
  • staps065
    staps065 Posts: 837 Member
    Well said. A true American hero!
  • millerll
    millerll Posts: 873 Member
    I agree with you on this. He was a hero and a very unassuming man. I, too, remember watching the moon landing as a child. I was enthralled and even at the age of 7, I knew that I was witnessing something historic. I even ended up working with the shuttle until it was retired last year, so i guess I was really impressed! As we say around the Cape......

    Godspeed, John Glenn!
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    He was a true Americab Hero and a positive role model...a sad loss:(
  • baycat107
    baycat107 Posts: 165 Member
    RIP Neil ... just doesn't seem possible that a hero like him would die. Astronauts seem immortal. A sad day, indeed.
  • millerll
    millerll Posts: 873 Member
    I agree with you on this. He was a hero and a very unassuming man. I, too, remember watching the moon landing as a child. I was enthralled and even at the age of 7, I knew that I was witnessing something historic. I even ended up working with the shuttle until it was retired last year, so i guess I was really impressed! As we say around the Cape......

    Godspeed, John Glenn!

    Oops! I meant Neil Armstrong, not John Glenn! Sorry!
  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
    I hope he gets true honors! I felt a pang in my heart when I heard it on the radio today! I was not born yet but I feel a REAL TRUE HERO! Those who do the job and just do it...despite the odds they push thru!
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    WOW! I can't believe he died. :( It's so hard to comprehend a hero like that eventually passing away. He lived an amazing life and has a place in all our lives. He will go long down in history.
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