RIP Neil Armstrong

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remember feeling :mindblown: as a kid when i found out he wasn't black

seems like a black man's name :manny:

didn't occur to me that lack of civil rights would probably have an impact on a man going to the moon

RIP
 

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He was just a body in a space suit. that's it.

Yes, because that's all it takes to go into space. :comeon:

remember feeling :mindblown: as a kid when i found out he wasn't black

seems like a black man's name :manny:

didn't occur to me that lack of civil rights would probably have an impact on a man going to the moon

RIP

You only say that because of Louis Armstrong. :beli:
 

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Yes, because that's all it takes to go into space. :comeon:

I'm sayin. especially in his time, those cats were hand-picked the best of the best. I know most of those dudes were test pilots. I know some people probably look at that like some guinea-pig shyt. but really that's a job where they need the best people, so they can deal with whatever crazy situation they end up in
 

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I'm sayin. especially in his time, those cats were hand-picked the best of the best. I know most of those dudes were test pilots. I know some people probably look at that like some guinea-pig shyt. but really that's a job where they need the best people, so they can deal with whatever crazy situation they end up in

He was an Aerospace Engineer, Combat Navy Pilot (Korean War), and test Pilot.

He single handily fixed his broken Gemini craft while in it (IIRC). He was brought in to help with the Apollo 13 issues.

Dude could of came home and had the world at his fingertips, and instead he went into a private and secluded place, become a professor and businessman.

Humble motherfukker.
 
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