RIP Neil Armstrong

[Starman]

per NBC News.


http://www.nbcnews.com/

Truly one of the (if not THE) landmark achievements in human history.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Was just about to post this.

RIP to a truly great American.

 

[dooley_womack1]

The sound of A1 plans being ripped to shreads can be heard at a roar level.

R.I.P. to the maker of the most momentous step in history.

 

[2underpar]

our consolidated desk will find room for it as a brief.

 

[Drip]

RIP to a space pioneer.

 

[2underpar]

one of the earliest memories of a big event in my life. I was visiting my grandparents and we watched it in their living room.

 

[Armchair_QB]

The man also inspired one of The Onion's greatest headlines:

http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/moon_tiny.jpg

 

[HanSenSE]

Poor Mrs. Gorsky. RIP.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Poor Mrs. Gorsky. RIP.

Well done.

 

[exmediahack]

Favorite story I just read.... how Armstrong sued his barber after the barber sold a lock of his hair for $3,000. Armstrong was very protective of his image and wary of people profiting off it.

 

[Cubbiebum]

RIP one of the greatest Boilers in history

 

[expendable]

Poor Mrs. Gorsky. RIP.

Bravo. I do hope Mr. Gorsky greeted him with a beer in hand.

 

[imjustagirl]

RIP.

 

[FishHack76]

RIP to an American hero.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Wasn't alive when he set foot on the moon, but I shed a few tears when I heard the news.

Godspeed, Mr. Armstrong.

 

[UPChip]

I was at a game - when did this break? I figured everyone would be breaking into coverage for this.

 

[Mark2010]

The sound of A1 plans being ripped to shreads can be heard at a roar level.

R.I.P. to the maker of the most momentous step in history.

Hey, at least it didn't happen at 11:55 PM.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

I was at a game - when did this break? I figured everyone would be breaking into coverage for this.

I had on LLWS and ABC did break in at about 3:30 p.m CNN was only one getting extensive reaction (at least when I was flipping channels an hour ago). MSNBC was doing prison shows and FoxNews was blathering on about the 2016 movie.

 

[Brian]

Little by little, the 20th Century is beginning to feel like a long distant past.

 

[Starman]

In the year 2525, if man is still alive (in the words of the No. 1 song on July 20, 1969), nobody will remember who Barack Obama was. Nobody will remember who Osama Bin Laden was. Nobody will remember who Ronald Reagan was. Nobody will remember who John F. Kennedy was. Nobody will remember who Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson or Frank Sinatra was.

But, in the year 2525, if man is still alive, they'll remember who Neil Armstrong was.