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We lost a true american hero on Saturday.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, died at 82 due to complications in his recent quadurple bypass.
I feel the need to say what noone seems to be saying. A true American hero passes, and all the media can talk about is Snookie's baby.
Did you guys get that? A half witted, ugly, classless, wench gets better press then Neil Armstrong? What does this say to our kids???????
Where is the fitting tribute? They haven't even lowered flags to half-staf.
Neil served with distinction during the Korean conflict. He was on of only a few civilian test pilots that contributed greatly to our military stength during the bleakest days of the cold war. He was personally responsible for testing over 200 different military aircraft.
During Project Gemini, Neil was seconds away from death when his capsule spun out of control after the worlds first docking in space. It was only his quick thinking that saved himself, his co-pilot, and the space program,
During training for apollo, Niel was piloting the LLRV (or flying beadstead). This contraption was a large jet engine pointed at the ground to simulate lunar landing (while on earth). The thing was very unstable. Neil ejected from this vehicle just a split second before it crashed, avoiding certian death. He went back to the office that day. His piers in the astronaut corps were amazed to find out just how close he came to death in the morning, and act like nothing happened in the afternoon. To say the man was unflappable is an understatement.
When asked about his upcomming first attempt to land on the moon, and what he thought his chances were, Neil responded that he felt that he had a 30% chance of making it, a 30% chance of not making it and returning to earth alive, and a 30% chance of a death in space.
During the moon landing, Neil took manual control of his spacecraft when he noticed that the guidence computer was sending him into a field of bolders. After some white knuckled maneuvering, he set the lander down with only 16 seonds of fuel remaining. 16 seconds, the same amount of time it takes the average person to take two breaths. After all of that, the unflappable Neil Armstrong calmly called to Houston..... "Tranquility base here, the eagle has landed." without even a hint of stress.
Neil was fully aware of the dangers that came with the job. The odds were that he would not survive to retirement. However, Neil realized that he was contributing to something greater than himself. Something he felt worth risking his own life for. Through it all, and in the end, Neil never capitalized on his fame. He was decidedly low key about it and never wanted to divert attention from others simply because he was the first.
You see these qualities in heros. Just look at policemen, firemen, nurses, and active military. Much like Neil, they too believe in something greater then themselves. Much like Neil, they take a back seat to Snookie.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, died at 82 due to complications in his recent quadurple bypass.
I feel the need to say what noone seems to be saying. A true American hero passes, and all the media can talk about is Snookie's baby.
Did you guys get that? A half witted, ugly, classless, wench gets better press then Neil Armstrong? What does this say to our kids???????
Where is the fitting tribute? They haven't even lowered flags to half-staf.
Neil served with distinction during the Korean conflict. He was on of only a few civilian test pilots that contributed greatly to our military stength during the bleakest days of the cold war. He was personally responsible for testing over 200 different military aircraft.
During Project Gemini, Neil was seconds away from death when his capsule spun out of control after the worlds first docking in space. It was only his quick thinking that saved himself, his co-pilot, and the space program,
During training for apollo, Niel was piloting the LLRV (or flying beadstead). This contraption was a large jet engine pointed at the ground to simulate lunar landing (while on earth). The thing was very unstable. Neil ejected from this vehicle just a split second before it crashed, avoiding certian death. He went back to the office that day. His piers in the astronaut corps were amazed to find out just how close he came to death in the morning, and act like nothing happened in the afternoon. To say the man was unflappable is an understatement.
When asked about his upcomming first attempt to land on the moon, and what he thought his chances were, Neil responded that he felt that he had a 30% chance of making it, a 30% chance of not making it and returning to earth alive, and a 30% chance of a death in space.
During the moon landing, Neil took manual control of his spacecraft when he noticed that the guidence computer was sending him into a field of bolders. After some white knuckled maneuvering, he set the lander down with only 16 seonds of fuel remaining. 16 seconds, the same amount of time it takes the average person to take two breaths. After all of that, the unflappable Neil Armstrong calmly called to Houston..... "Tranquility base here, the eagle has landed." without even a hint of stress.
Neil was fully aware of the dangers that came with the job. The odds were that he would not survive to retirement. However, Neil realized that he was contributing to something greater than himself. Something he felt worth risking his own life for. Through it all, and in the end, Neil never capitalized on his fame. He was decidedly low key about it and never wanted to divert attention from others simply because he was the first.
You see these qualities in heros. Just look at policemen, firemen, nurses, and active military. Much like Neil, they too believe in something greater then themselves. Much like Neil, they take a back seat to Snookie.
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