[s-cars] OT & NAC - Moon talk

[jpb3]

Rather than honor the man with a State Funeral, we as a nation should
listen to the wisdom Neil Armstrong spoke in the years before his death and
honor him by re-investing in manned space flight.  The last manned flight
beyond LEO (low earth orbit) was Apollo 17, in 1972.   For 40 years we have
not ventured as far as those men of the Apollo program did, and we are now
left with zero capability of putting any men in space whatsoever, LEO or
otherwise.  It a strange twist of irony we now rely on the Russians to send
Americans to orbit and NASA has no serious vision for manned space
exploration going forward.  NASA, like most government programs, are now
simply relegated as pawns to a dysfunctional political system that has no
basis in science , truth or fact, only sensational idealism and hyperbole.

Godspeed Mr. Armstrong.

(and Bill I would love to see your footage digitized and shared someday!)

John B

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Bill Mahoney <bmahoney at disk.com> wrote:

> FWIW~
> For sure there are some here that remember 20 July 1969, but for those who
> don't, let me explain...  The moon landing was a BIG event.
> In the daze before VCR's, I filmed it off my B&W TV via my 8mm camera and
> ventured to DT Chicago to record the ticker tape parade.  Still have that
> film stored away somewhere.
> So far the greatest achievement of humankind that I have ever witnessed.
> Came across this UK article calling for a state funeral.
> I think it's a great idea.  If not Neil Armstrong, who?   But; will
> probably not happen (for political reasons butofcourse.)
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9501034/Neil-Armstrong-Barack-Obama-under-pressure-to-grant-state-funeral.html
>
> Bill~Remembers~M
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