The Glade 4.0

Humanity's ambassador to the stars.

/mourn

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

One giant leap for mankind. RIP

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Anything a Soviet Monkey could do, he could do better.

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

+1

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

If it's not "too soon":

HOLY ****, MAN WALKS ON **** MOON (The Onion)

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

I can't help but think Neil would appreciate the humor.

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One of my biggest heros. Truly a sad day.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Requiescat in Pace

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

I don't usually get much affected by the passing of famous folks, but I have been surprised at how relatively emotional I have been over this.

A lot of amazing people went into the moon landing, and I won't even say Neil Armstrong was on a level above all the rest, but he was deservedly an icon for it. Losing that icon feels like a loss for all of humanity. Carl Sagan said something to the effect that the moon landing put us all squarely in the realm of myth and fantasy, that humanity was taking something so unreal and making it actually happen. I am inclined to agree at the wonder of it all.

Now I feel like a part of that is distant history, where it was just previously more or less current. Humanity will move on and still do great things beyond Earth, but this death more than any has moved us into an era where we will simply be without those who were part of the beginning of it all. In that we are diminished.

I feel kinda weird since I just mentioned him in the Phyllis Diller thread, but I know there is nothing to it. I agree with what was said about history moving farther away especially with the current issues with manned space.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

The current issues with manned space are very simple.

We don't think China is trying to land on Mars. If we did, we'd have boots on the surface now instead of a fresh rover. Neil Armstrong was a brave man and a true pioneer willing to put his life on the line to further mankind's understanding of the universe. Without belittling that, there are others today who would do the same; we simply lack the national will to further that understanding.

In the '60s, we wanted it enough to risk lives. Today, we no longer do.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

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Very well said Kaffis.

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Raell Kromwell