I’m posting this a bit later than I should be, but oh well.
On the 25th of August (a week ago), the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, died at the age of 82. I didn’t personally know him, of course, but I feel I should pay my respects with a post. As you all should know, the phrase “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind” comes from his first step on the surface of the moon. Even though the originator has passed on, I feel this saying will continue to live on well into the future.
Earlier this week, a YouTuber I follow posted a video paying his respects to Neil. I’ve embedded this video below.
Thanks for reading
Robert
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It’s interesting when you think back, and realise the first man to land on the moon was 40 odd years ago, but yet no one else has ever landed there since. Did he actually land there in the first place? No one will ever know now that he’s not alive to tell us the actual truth ever.
That’s an interesting point. You may want to check your facts, though – a total of 12 people have (supposedly) stepped on the moon over the course of 6 missions
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing#Manned_landings – yeah, I know, Wikipedia).
Admittedly, this still doesn’t prove Man ever landed on the moon, but there are others we can talk to in order to find out – not that they’d want to prove otherwise, though.
“Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.”
-Sloan Wilson