Re: Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dead at 82

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From: Phil Allison
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:27

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"Don McKenzie"

> Sad News.
>
> Last Updated 3:32 p.m. ET
>
> (CBS News) Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who became the first 
> human being to set foot on another world, has > died. He was 82.
>
> In a statement his family said Armstrong had passed away following 
> complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures.
>
> The family described him as a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother 
> and friend, and also as "a reluctant American hero who always believed he 
> was just doing his job."
> That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.
>
> When Armstrong set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, he fulfilled the 
> goal that had been set by President John F. Kennedy just eight years 
> earlier.


** His career in the Navy flying jets in Korea ( F9F  Panthers ) and later 
as a test pilot, including flying the X15 rocket plane, was just as hair 
raising as flying to the moon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong#Navy_service

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong#Test_pilot


...   Phil

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