# Neil Armstrong -first man on moon has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631 "2012-08-25T19:17:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/101 "2012-08-26T17:52:52Z")
**A Sniveling Mess** , there was already a thread about Armstrong’s death, so I moved your post thither. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/102 "2012-08-26T18:09:45Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **A Sniveling Mess** , there was already a thread about Armstrong’s death, so I moved your post thither. I guess I should have checked to see if there was already a thread about it before I posted mine.:smack: Thanks for telling me. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/103 "2012-08-26T18:23:31Z")
> [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](#): > > I guess I should have checked to see if there was already a thread about it before I posted mine.:smack: > Thanks for telling me. No biggie. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/104 "2012-08-26T18:31:27Z")
I just found out from my mother that my niece didn’t know who Neil Armstrong was. She’s _22_. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/105 "2012-08-26T18:34:30Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I just found out from my mother that my niece didn’t know who Neil Armstrong was. She’s _22_. :eek: Was he that trumpet guy? ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/106 "2012-08-26T19:09:42Z")
Yeah, he was in Buffalo Springfield. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/107 "2012-08-26T19:23:33Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I just found out from my mother that my niece didn’t know who Neil Armstrong was. She’s _22_. :eek: Well,my grandmother doesn’t know who he was either-and she was in her 30s when the landing happened! (To clarify,I think she does have a basic idea of who he was,but when I asked her who was the first person to step on the moon,she didn’t know who it was.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/108 "2012-08-26T20:12:09Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I can’t help but feel that the moon landing was the pinnacle of the 20th century. in 66 years we went from controlled flight to landing on the moon and the year 1969 saw the birth of the 747 and the Concorde. Everything after that was somehow anti-climatic. Anti-_climactic_. Unless you’re talking about the weather. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/109 "2012-08-26T20:26:10Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Anti-_climactic_. Unless you’re talking about the weather. All that talk about Isaac has me feeling a little anti-climatic…😃 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/110 "2012-08-26T20:38:17Z")
So he finally succumbed to the dreaded moon disease ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/111 "2012-08-26T21:25:11Z")
He was destined to go to the moon. Here’s Neil Armstrong’s parents on [“I’ve Got A Secret”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd7eWKCOk-A) the day he was named as an astronaut. I’d like to say, “Rest in peace, Neil,” but that would be in appropriate. Instead I’ll say, “Keep making giant leaps.” ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/112 "2012-08-26T21:41:24Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > He was destined to go to the moon. Here’s Neil Armstrong’s parents on [“I’ve Got A Secret”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd7eWKCOk-A) the day he was named as an astronaut. > > I’d like to say, “Rest in peace, Neil,” but that would be in appropriate. Instead I’ll say, “Keep making giant leaps.” That’s probably one of the best posts I’ve ever seen up here at the Straight Dope Boards.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/113 "2012-08-26T21:53:18Z")
And he never spilled the beans (about how the whole thing was filmed on a secret site in Nevada)! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/114 "2012-08-26T23:02:54Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > And he never spilled the beans (about how the whole thing was filmed on a secret site in Nevada)! Not appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/115 "2012-08-26T23:28:50Z")
Hell, I’ve already seen a few scum-bag conspiracy theorists claiming he was murdered, with the heart operation as a cover, to prevent him confessing to the hoax on his real death-bed in a few years. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/116 "2012-08-26T23:30:27Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > And he never spilled the beans (about how the whole thing was filmed on a secret site in Nevada)! Obviously he was just about to. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/117 "2012-08-26T23:55:12Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > And he never spilled the beans (about how the whole thing was filmed on a secret site in Nevada)! Shh! You want to get a visit from Buzz Aldrin? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/118 "2012-08-27T02:36:55Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > …I also read an account of a kid who called him up and asked him to,review something he was dooing for a merit badge. He reviewed the materials and signed off on them. The kid’s scoutmaster was impressed. See post 54. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/119 "2012-08-27T02:56:19Z")
This is working me more than I would have predicted. I remember my parents waking me up to watch the landing, and not really knowing the significance, an now I just saw a trailer for this > **[In the Shadow of the Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Moon)** > > In the Shadow of the Moon may refer to: a movie about those days I’d never heard of, now it’s in the 'flix queue. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631/120 "2012-08-27T03:03:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > See post 54. :smack: I appear to have an accute case of information overload. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-moon-has-died/632631.md?page=7)