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OnDaFence 36M/44M
44267 posts
7/20/2014 6:28 pm

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9/17/2015 9:46 pm

JULY 21st 45 years ago....



Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) became the first human to ever set foot on an extraterrestrial world, the Moon.



His first spaceflight was Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott.



Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission. On this famous "giant leap for mankind," Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2.5 hours exploring while Michael Collins orbited above.



The lunar crater, Armstrong, located 50 km away from the Apollo 11 landing site, was named in his honor. .



bychance4709 61M

7/20/2014 6:33 pm

who would have thought then that we, the U.S.A. in 2014 have to rely on the Russians to get our astronauts into space.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2014 7:43 pm

    Quoting bychance4709:
    who would have thought then that we, the U.S.A. in 2014 have to rely on the Russians to get our astronauts into space.
It does seem a bit ironic.............


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2014 7:44 pm

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I wasn't even a little squirt yet... my mom was 10 years old


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2014 7:45 pm

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I think it is a museum ..........................


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2014 10:06 pm

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It is still an incredible feat done with slide rulers and pencils


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2014 11:22 pm

    Quoting _GUEST_ONE_:
    Cape C's name was changed to Cape Kennedy

    actually a well kept secret is one ACCOUNTANT from NASA

    that was CONSTIPATED.. worked it out with a Pencil

    oh SHIT, THE SECRET IS OUT...
Most of those guys were so dam smart they did the math in their heads without any computers.....


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/21/2014 5:23 am

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Our space programe is now a shadow of it's former self.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/21/2014 5:24 am

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You had a thoughtful instructor


LckurnutsI 61M

9/17/2015 6:56 pm

THIS is NOT docking