Neil Armstrong RIP 1930-2012

[Stuart Thomson]

One of my heroes has died.

RIP Neil, an inspiration.

[aggie57]

End of an era.  Humility had no better envoy.

[colcol]

Space travel, Motor racing and regrettably wars all advance the human race, because of all the things the engineers and scientists learn, the amount of computing power in that first trip to the moon, would now most likely fit in an iphone, as the boundaries are constantly pushed, the first mission to the moon, the electrics were all done by LUCAS aerospace in England, at the time it was hard to beleive that it actually happened, it was like a sci-fi, i had a model hanging from my bedroom ceiling of the space craft, as a kid, RIP, Mr. Armstrong, Colin.

[Evan Bottcher]

Agreed Colin. The iPhone would be many many times more powerful and capable.  Great engineering went on back then, with a singular drive and determination we'll probably never see again.

http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Apollo-11-The-computers-that-put-man-on-the-moon

[pancho]

Did anyone see that article/interview he did with the small time journo recently?

Apparently NA was a bit of a recluse living in a very small town community in the US - really interesting article. I'll try find it if anyone's keen.

[Alan Hopla]

He did an interview with CPA Australia recently, "An audience with Neil Armstrong".
http://thebottomline.cpaaustralia.com.au/
Broken up as four 15 minute pieces.

For those of us of that age who watched amazed as he stepped out onto the moon he will never be forgotten.
While mankind has a recorded history he will always be remembered.

RIP Mr Armstrong.

[Sheldon McIntosh]

the first mission to the moon, the electrics were all done by LUCAS aerospace in England,

Bloody hell!!  I didn't know that.  In that case I wouldn't have gone round the block in that thing, let alone to the moon.  Wow, my admiration for those guys just went up 100-fold.

And I know it's an urban myth, but the "Mr Gorsky" story is very funny..  http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp

I might be watching "The Right Stuff" this week.  And maybe "Capricorn One" for a laugh.

Did anyone see that article/interview he did with the small time journo recently?

Apparently NA was a bit of a recluse living in a very small town community in the US - really interesting article. I'll try find it if anyone's keen.

Yeah man, post it up.

[pancho]

The link Alan posted us the interview I was talking about. It's an awesome doco.

[Beatle]

, the electrics were all done by LUCAS aerospace in England, at the time it was hard to beleive that it actually happened, it was like a sci-fi,

Luckily the electrics only had to last three days......  And Colin, up until that fateful day it WAS science fiction .

I still find it strange we stopped going to the moon way back in 1972!