http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html http://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/armstrong_obit.html Sad day
RIP. He represented our species in what is one of our greatest endeavours. His memory will live longer than any of ours.
The heights that man and his counterparts reached get higher every passing day. His passing will be remembered second only to the enormity of his achievement.
He was a true pioneer and he embodied everything that most of us seem to take for granted in this day and age.
One of the greatest men in history, shame that we don't value and pursue achievements like this today
Curiosity is out there because of the work these kind of great men do. They embark on a noble endeavor to advance the frontiers of knowledge and to make our lives better. R.I.P.
RIP. One of the greatest pioneers and adventurers of all time. The future of our species rests on the work he and his fellows at NASA achieved all those years ago. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
fake... seriously, no one can make footprints like that. set, straight down, and lifted straight off. moon landing was a hollywood hoax. radiation belt is what limits us..
That's some pretty rock hard evidence you have there. I'm sure Neil would be proud of how you neglected to consider that that boot print clearly shows the uneven application of pressure to the moon's surface from either the heel or toes touching down first, suspiciously similar to how a boot print made by human locomotion on any fine grained surface would appear, without having been faked and pressed in to the surface by a mold with even pressure being applied. Surely you also neglected to realize that it is indeed quite possible to make a print without continuing on a forward path, or from a stationary position, thus eliminating motions that would cause further distortion or imperfections in the print. Beyond that, there is simply nothing preventing someone from lifting their foot (particularly in the low gravity of the Moon) in such a manner as to not drag it along the ground, leaving the print intact. Aldrin (that picture is Buzz Aldrin's print for the record) could have easily turned or bounced using his other foot as a base, among other things. You claim it can't be done yet provide no reasoning or logic as to why not. My guess is because there is none. The same goes for the radiation belts. Yes, we all know they're there, and we all know they pose a potential risk to humans in space. Yet you neglect to mention any of the various means of shielding ourselves and our space craft, and the systems within. Or how little time is actually spent passing through the radiation belts. It's well known that the Apollo missions were not shielded as well as current space craft, but they were shielded none the less. Unless you are going to argue that the shielding is non existent, ineffective, or simply unknown to humans, then one must accept that humans, circa Apollo technology, were quite capable of passing through them and surviving, while being exposed to minimal amounts of radiation, due to the protective shielding at their disposal. The real danger of radiation didn't come from the belts anyway, it was presented by unpredictable solar events such as Solar Flares and CMEs, both of which would have meant likely death for the astronauts. The difference with the Van Allen belts being that they are a known quantity ahead of time, and can be circumvented with appropriate amounts of shielding and course navigation. If conspiracy theorists knew enough about radiation to discuss the limitations brought forth by the radiation belts, then surely they would find flares and CMEs more suitable as a means of debunking the Apollo landings, but then they would have to call all the folks who chart the activity of the sun (both in and outside of NASA) liars as well, and that would be no small undertaking. Perhaps instead of grasping at these feeble, thin straws, we can move on to how there are no stars in the sky, on pictures taken from the sun light drenched, day time side of the moon. Or how, if we supposedly faked the moon landings, the Russians and numerous other countries who, at the time, would stop at nothing to discredit the United States of America, kept quiet and did not make the slightest attempt to question our astronomical achievement. Sounds like Illuminati territory, might be fun to discuss. Or, just maybe, we can let Neil Armstrong rest in peace and not have his name and memory, along with with his fellow Apollo astronauts, dragged through the dirt in the spirit of ignorance and irrationality.
[quote name='"Floydian"'] That's some pretty rock hard evidence you have there. I'm sure Neil would be proud of how you neglected to consider that that boot print clearly shows the uneven application of pressure to the moon's surface from either the heel or toes touching down first, suspiciously similar to how a boot print made by human locomotion on any fine grained surface would appear, without having been faked and pressed in to the surface by a mold with even pressure being applied. Surely you also neglected to realize that it is indeed quite possible to make a print without continuing on a forward path, or from a stationary position, thus eliminating motions that would cause further distortion or imperfections in the print. Beyond that, there is simply nothing preventing someone from lifting their foot (particularly in the low gravity of the Moon) in such a manner as to not drag it along the ground, leaving the print intact. Aldrin (that picture is Buzz Aldrin's print for the record) could have easily turned or bounced using his other foot as a base, among other things. You claim it can't be done yet provide no reasoning or logic as to why not. My guess is because there is none. The same goes for the radiation belts. Yes, we all know they're there, and we all know they pose a potential risk to humans in space. Yet you neglect to mention any of the various means of shielding ourselves and our space craft, and the systems within. Or how little time is actually spent passing through the radiation belts. It's well known that the Apollo missions were not shielded as well as current space craft, but they were shielded none the less. Unless you are going to argue that the shielding is non existent, ineffective, or simply unknown to humans, then one must accept that humans, circa Apollo technology, were quite capable of passing through them and surviving, while being exposed to minimal amounts of radiation, due to the protective shielding at their disposal. The real danger of radiation didn't come from the belts anyway, it was presented by unpredictable solar events such as Solar Flares and CMEs, both of which would have meant likely death for the astronauts. The difference with the Van Allen belts being that they are a known quantity ahead of time, and can be circumvented with appropriate amounts of shielding and course navigation. If conspiracy theorists knew enough about radiation to discuss the limitations brought forth by the radiation belts, then surely they would find flares and CMEs more suitable as a means of debunking the Apollo landings, but then they would have to call all the folks who chart the activity of the sun (both in and outside of NASA) liars as well, and that would be no small undertaking. Perhaps instead of grasping at these feeble, thin straws, we can move on to how there are no stars in the sky, on pictures taken from the sun light drenched, day time side of the moon. Or how, if we supposedly faked the moon landings, the Russians and numerous other countries who, at the time, would stop at nothing to discredit the United States of America, kept quiet and did not make the slightest attempt to question our astronomical achievement. Sounds like Illuminati territory, might be fun to discuss. Or, just maybe, we can let Neil Armstrong rest in peace and not have his name and memory, along with with his fellow Apollo astronauts, dragged through the dirt in the spirit of ignorance and irrationality.[/quote] Well thought out and no clue stated. Although you forgot about the one thing.... Magnets