One small step for man...

[ashkitty]

Neil Armstrong (5 Aug 1930-25 Aug 2012)

The email alert came in from NPR and I felt my stomach just sink. Another hero gone.

Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
-G. Magee

eta:

Tears were running down her

Comments

[framlingem]

I... I... I.

Another hero gone indeed.

[ashkitty]

Yeah. I'm genuinely gutted.

[framlingem]

I'm sitting here in stunned silence. He was my hero.

[framlingem]

I keep thinking of that scene in "Deep Wizardry" where Nita's mom is standing on the moon.

[steepholm]

Oh, no.

[ashkitty]

Yeah. It's just--there are people who you feel better knowing they're still out there.