Neil Armstrong

Keg

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/neil-armstrong-dead-at-age-82-report/story-e6frfkui-1226458176249

Not much news yet, but sadly Neil Armstrong has passed on

Gmanx

Dammit. He was a truly great human being. I'll have to watch the excellent 'Shadow of the Moon' again.

Joshua Stubbles

Very disheartening. Neil was a true patriot, explorer and man of science. He helped pioneer spaceflight, walked on the moon and aided in the design all of the procedures that are still used to this day by NASA. What an incredible individual. The human race has lost a small piece of itself today.

Alberto Rdrgz

Shine on Neil! You went to the moon! badass. Rip.

Jeremy Tabor

Ah, man! One of my recent models was of Armstrong's Apollo 11 suit. In doing research for that project, I gained such a stronger respect for the accomplishment of spaceflight and the moon landing. Personally, I know I took all of that stuff for granted, being born 20 years after it all first went down, but I hope others of my generation appreciate the contributions this man and his team made to science and mankind.

Karmageddon

Wow, I was just at Seattle's Museum of Flight yesterday too.

kat

1/24 scale model of the lunar lander hanging from the ceiling for the win!.

Complications from heart surgery apparently (according to some news outlets)

cptSwing

Flying to the moon in what amounts to a tin can with the processing power of a calculator (if that).. how can you not respect him and his colleagues. Rest in Peace Mr. Armstrong.

Aurock

Now someone just needs to be the first man to walk on Mars so the torch can be passed on, so to speak.

Mongrelman

Sad to hear. Still, 82 isn't a bad run and I wonder if anyone will leave such a mark on human history again. I was just at the Kennedy Space Center last month and got a better understanding of what an acoomplishment this feat was. "Walked on the moon" is not something many people would be able to put on their tombstone.

PaulP

I guess all legends come to an end. RIP