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Just saw the news blurb regarding the death of Wapakonetta's favorite son, Neil Armstrong. We never met, but this man changed a way of life for an 8 year old boy in 1969.
I think it's important to remember that the first man on the moon wasn't a soldier, sailor or pilot. He was an engineer. He was also reluctant to become the celebrity he deserved to be. When I watched the fuzzy blurry pictures from the moon in July of 1969 though, I knew history was being made. I felt more like Columbus or Magellan than ever.
The news today was that Neil Armstrong passed away at age 82. He's taken that one giant leap that all mankind must make, but his legacy will continue to influence me and dozens of others.
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As for further space exploration, I think we'll be looking to space or at least extremely high altitude work to help ameliorate global climate change.
I agree with Riverine with regard to the pathetic state of our infrastructure...
Dang. I think I'll go have a drink.
I know many innovations came about because of the space program, and that's fine. But we need to make life on Earth more healthful and safe for the entire world before we throw trillions of dollars into a trip to Mars. In fact, we were in the middle of the Vietnam War when Armstrong landed on the moon, and I believe that had we not gotten into that conflict, there would have been more money available to do space exploration. But since the 2007-2008 financial collapse, our road and bridge infrastructure, and our electrical grid which have been getting deteriorated for years prior to the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts continues to rot away and we need to improve that before going farther into space.
With that said, I do honor Neil Armstrong's accomplishments, as well as Alan Shepard, John Glenn and all the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle astronauts. They were the Ferdinand Magellan of our era, and showed the way.