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Default RIP Neil Armstrong

On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:30:40 +0100, ARWadsworth wrote:

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:34:30 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Those guys were very stupid/very brave/both.

They we also very intelligent. I have met some of them.


True - Armstrong left NASA and became a prof of engineering.
What many forget is that generation of astronauts weren't just test
pilots or fighter jocks, they were the first of the academically
qualified ones too. Many/most of them had Masters or Honours in some
Engineering or Aeronautical/Space discipline.

Stupid? Anything but.



Indeed.


http://space-lectures.com/index.html


Due to a lack of support the planned Apollo 17 event with Moon walker
and lunar geologist Dr Harrison H Schmitt has been postponed.

I know it costs but why are rooms not full of people wanting to meet
these people?

http://space-lectures.com/dinner_3.html

It's only £60.

But

http://space-lectures.com/tickets_4.html

is much more fun (and only £30) and you have 200 children there that are
allowed to ask him questions.


And they answer the questions the kids ask.


Anyone else ever seen this?

http://www.andrewdawson.info/space_panorama.html

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