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Neil Armstrong has died at 82

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Is it cold in here?:
That landing was really dicey. Thousands of people could have qualified for his position, but very few would have had the cold-blooded ballsiness to keep burning fuel to find a clear spot.

Akima:
My first reaction when I read the news was shock, as in: "82? Wow, the moon landing was a long time ago, wasn't it?" And we've gone backwards in our ability to put stuff in space since then.

VonKleist:
His colleague and friend Buzz Aldrin released a pretty sweet statement that you might find interessting.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/buzz-aldrins-statement-on-the-death-of-neil-armstrong/261578/

Also there´s appearently quite a lot of folks that  blame then president Richard Nixon personally for discontinuing the space-programm. There was a LEO space station planned and some other stuff that never got to be.

pwhodges:
Curiously, there was a BBC radio news item this evening about how little interest Armstrong's death has raised in the US.

Patrick:
I raised a glass to him at the bar the other night and shouted above everyone, "EVERYBODY: To Neil Armstrong, rest in peace" and some chick a year younger than me said "Wait who" and I was like  :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:

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