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Thread #146612   Message #3395179
Posted By: Don Firth
25-Aug-12 - 09:28 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Neil Armstrong, Astronaut (1930-2012)
Subject: RE: Obit: Neil Armstrong
I remember exactly where I was.

I became an avid fan of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" in the funny papers at the age of six and have been a space freak ever since, reading lots of science fiction and science fact (a couple of astronomy courses at the university), and followed everything that was going on in the space program.

In June of 1969, I was living in a bachelor apartment in Wilsonian Apartments in Seattle's University District and working at Boeing at the time. On the night in question, I was glued to my old black-and-white television set, watching the whole thing!

Neil Armstrong, the first human on the moon, followed shortly thereafter by Buzz Aldrin.

Well done, guys!!

Next on the agenda, Mars and beyond!

Don Firth