Any comments?
Any comments?
I hope you don't mind my asking, but why - out of all the people who die (everyone, eventually) - do you ask about Neil Armstrong? Does he have a special significance for you?
I assume, Crowan, you were not around when it happened :rolleyes: - it was the most astounding and ground-breaking moment, at the time, to have a man (Neil Armstrong) stand on the moon and speak to us on Earth through our TVs and radios. As for his comment - "One small step for Man, one giant leap for mankind" - it is etched firmly in the memories of all who watched it on TV.
Since then of course there have been all sorts of exploits in space and on the moon, but none can be as momentous as Man's first arrival there.
Or, since you are so good at 'travelling' on your shamanic journeys it simply doesn't signify :rolleyes:, perhaps.
Niel Armstrong didn't build the rocket, provide the money to build the rocket, discover the entire history of science that provided the elbow to the project... Lets hope everyone involved hit the headlines when they die 🙂
Besides, you don't need clunky, physical rockets to visit the moon ~ just ask daz... maybe Crowan? Why, just a weeks ago I saw a couple of planets myself.....
INNER SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER ~ I think I might use that as a signature. 🙂
I assume, Crowan, you were not around when it happened
Why do you assume this?
I asked the question because I was interested in the answer. But certainly there have been many people just as, if not more, admirable who have died without having a thread on HP.
I hope you don't mind my asking, but why - out of all the people who die (everyone, eventually) - do you ask about Neil Armstrong? Does he have a special significance for you?
Probably because this is the current affairs forum, and it's in the news. But yes, asking if there's special significance for Boson I can undderstand.
He was a memorable figure that everybody, even schoolchildren who weren't there when it happened, learn about at an early age. Yes, many people were involved in getting him there, but it's not specifically about him in particular, it about what he represented as mankinds achievement in moving us a step further in our technological and spacefaring ways.
By the laws of interdependence we could argue that everybody's death should be equally recognised, but it's not going to be, because that's not how society works, so it's perfectly relevant in my opinion to bring up something that's current in the news and discuss it.
I remember reading Michael Collins' book about his part in the mission (he stayed on the spacecraft orbiting the moon while Neil and Buzz landed) and it was one helluvan achievment what they did... all of them.
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Giles, please don’t get me wrong. My query was in no way a criticism of Neil Armstrong, nor of your opinion, or CarolineN’s. But neither of you posed the question in the first place. Boson Higgs didn’t give his/her views on Armstrong. Simply asked for our comments. So I was interested in what made him/her ask now and not for anyone else.
Caroline, I was around at the time, but didn’t take a great deal of interest – although I have several friends and acquaintances who would agree with you both and think I am very odd.