CRIPES! I just picked up this from the picture framers today!
I know it's Buzz but Neil took the photo and you can see him in the helmet vizor.
What an amazing life he had.
Neil Armstrong
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A very modest man as well. RIP.
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Ah Sh!t
I was genuinely in floods of tears last night (and I'm tearing up agian now). Armstong was a hero for the whole of humanity. He was the first person to walk on another world. That is a unique achievement, only made possible by thousands of people working together for a common goal.
I think Randall Munroe speaks better than I can:
I was genuinely in floods of tears last night (and I'm tearing up agian now). Armstong was a hero for the whole of humanity. He was the first person to walk on another world. That is a unique achievement, only made possible by thousands of people working together for a common goal.
I think Randall Munroe speaks better than I can:
xkcd wrote:The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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xkcd wrote:The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.
Few people will ever be able to say they will be remembered for all time and still be as humble.
Just think what human kind could achieve if we were all made of the same 'stuff' as Neil Armstrong
I don't doubt and I don't take direction....
He went to the moon in a ship more primitive than my washing machine. The word "hero" is bandied about far too much but occasionally it's genuinely appropriate.
Will his remains be scattered in space like Scotty?
Will his remains be scattered in space like Scotty?
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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Ideally humans should go back to the moon, and his ashes should be scattered across the Sea of Tranquillity, to mix with the moon dust. And that should form the basis of a renewed space age.stufarq wrote:Will his remains be scattered in space like Scotty?
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Couldn't agree more, what a great idealazarus corporation wrote:Ideally humans should go back to the moon, and his ashes should be scattered across the Sea of Tranquillity, to mix with the moon dust. And that should form the basis of a renewed space age.stufarq wrote:Will his remains be scattered in space like Scotty?
I don't doubt and I don't take direction....
That would be good. Sadly not gonna happen though.lazarus corporation wrote:Ideally humans should go back to the moon, and his ashes should be scattered across the Sea of Tranquillity, to mix with the moon dust. And that should form the basis of a renewed space age.stufarq wrote:Will his remains be scattered in space like Scotty?
I can't quite believe how the US tv networks failed catch it.
One of them (NBC) even had his name in as Neil Young FFS!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ ... story.html
One of them (NBC) even had his name in as Neil Young FFS!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ ... story.html
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The first moon-base should be called Armstrong Station.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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From an emotional point of view that would be nice but from a rational pov, that money should rather be used to send a few more robots to planets, moons and asteroids, like probes to Europa (possibly a water ocean beneath the ice crust) and Titan (surface methane lakes... Solaris, anyone?)lazarus corporation wrote: Ideally humans should go back to the moon, and his ashes should be scattered across the Sea of Tranquillity, to mix with the moon dust. And that should form the basis of a renewed space age.
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Hmm, not really - it depends on your aim (manned exploration or unmanned exploration). I'm very much convinced of the need for manned exploration because the technologies that get developed to achieve it will take us (by tiny steps) towards a long-term aim of being able to support life for long periods of time off-world.nowayjose wrote:From an emotional point of view that would be nice but from a rational pov, that money should rather be used to send a few more robots to planets, moons and asteroids, like probes to Europa (possibly a water ocean beneath the ice crust) and Titan (surface methane lakes... Solaris, anyone?)lazarus corporation wrote: Ideally humans should go back to the moon, and his ashes should be scattered across the Sea of Tranquillity, to mix with the moon dust. And that should form the basis of a renewed space age.
Don't get me wrong - sending unmanned probes to various moons (as we've been doing for some years) is a good thing too, but we also need manned missions to closer destinations.
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to what end? The human race has got a big enough home to f**k up without building a conservatorylazarus corporation wrote: Hmm, not really - I'm very much convinced of the need for manned exploration because the technologies that get developed to achieve it will take us (by tiny steps) towards a long-term aim of being able to support life for long periods of time off-world.
... unless there's a plan to remove Will.i.am and his likes. then I'm right behind you!
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Here's your answer PiB: I quoted it up there.
xkcd wrote:The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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—Bertrand Russell
But it's not big enough. Overpopulation is already one of our biggest problems and it's getting exponentially worse. One of the best arguments (I think) for continued space exploration is that we need to colonise. How badly (or goodly) we take care of the planet(s) is a valid question but doesn't remove the need for expansion.paint it black wrote:to what end? The human race has got a big enough home to f**k up without building a conservatorylazarus corporation wrote: Hmm, not really - I'm very much convinced of the need for manned exploration because the technologies that get developed to achieve it will take us (by tiny steps) towards a long-term aim of being able to support life for long periods of time off-world.
... unless there's a plan to remove Will.i.am and his likes. then I'm right behind you!
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Definitely not the answer or the most logical approach to the (grave) problem, imho.stufarq wrote:Overpopulation is already one of our biggest problems and it's getting exponentially worse. One of the best arguments (I think) for continued space exploration is that we need to colonise. How badly (or goodly) we take care of the planet(s) is a valid question but doesn't remove the need for expansion.
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Trust me - if you're a chap over 40, with a comprehensive health insurance policy, they'll be probing Uranus as a matter of course. My medical chap told me that in a few years they'll be shoving a camera up it and all. Can't imagine what they'd want to take pictures of - I mean, what do they think they're going to find? Amelia Earhart's plane, maybe? Lord Lucan? My boss, certainly - she seems to spend an inordinate amount of time up there. She must really like it, given that she spends the rest of her time with her head up her own.Gollum's Cock wrote:But when are they going to probe Uranus...
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Been there, done that, thankfully don't have the pictorial evidence. Yeah, TMI, but tough shit, innit. Was asleep the whole time, felt nothing, woke up unscathed, if horrendously embarrassed (Christ, will the lame puns end?!). But I digress... The prep, on the other hand, was a nightmare.EvilBastard wrote: My medical chap told me that in a few years they'll be shoving a camera up it and all.
EvilBastard wrote:My boss, certainly - she seems to spend an inordinate amount of time up there. She must really like it, given that she spends the rest of her time with her head up her own.
Wow, yours too? Mine's a withered, Gollum-esque troll, with a stature to match and a raging Napoleon complex to boot, who needs to be put out of my misery. And swiftly. Or else I need a new job. Still working on that one...
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