Buzz Aldrin remembers Neil Armstrong

[@thexalon]

My favorite Neil Armstrong story: Buzz comes in and sees Neil working on some paperwork at his desk. He then goes to his boss to say "So, what's the plan for today?" His boss replies: "Everything's scrapped, the test vehicle exploded and Neil barely got out alive." "But I just saw him at his desk!" "Oh, he's filling out the post-testing report."

[@SteakPan_AS205]

Stopping kids from saying first reply

[@Observer-cp4if]

"One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

[@rationalobserver3675]

Good you remembered the "a". For some reason that's frequently forgotten

[@Justin-pj8or]

Slam Nine it wasnt said in the origional quote

[@Observer-cp4if]

@@Justin-pj8or He may have not said 'a' but that's supposed to be what he meant. It sounds like there may have been a momentary break right at that moment. LOL! But then you have to give Armstrong a pass as well, it was the first time Humans stepped foot on the lunar surface and he had just completed the first lunar landing! Hahaha! It's crazy when you think about it!

[@mandaltby]

Real American Heroes, not some reality show contestant

[@BioHunter1990]

Yup. But greater still, they sit among the stars as heroes of mankind, with men like Yuri Gagarin as their brother. Like his flight, this was a moment that defined the human species.

[@belllarosa]

Fitting tribute to a great man Neil Armstrong ❤️🌹RIP

[@TheIkaraCult]

Neil came to Tralee in Ireland just because they asked him. He was his own man, and a class act in every way

[@Connieleann]

Wow , Mr. Armstrong is still a big hero to the whole world .

[@corporalclegg5057]

We wish Neil could be here for the 50th anniversary.

[@deathstar286]

nice Echoes profile picture

[@ttrestle]

And to think that so many conservative conspiracy theorists think this is all fake 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@dougg1075]

His brother said he told him what he was going to say over a game of Risk.

[@valhala56]

Buzz is the man! Go Buzz Aldrin!

[@fallguye6011]

He's one of them, but the other one is no longer with us. Buzz not quite Neil.

[@virdiid8621]

@@fallguye6011 that commemt is 7 years old

[@rig5453]

What about Michele Collins if he wasn’t their Neil and Buzz would have been lost in space

[@Kzf274]

If you spell Neil A it spells Alien omg

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

Strong liar men

[@sponk6363]

U play fortnite

[@danzstuff]

you can literally do that with any name bro

[@hlqa7938]

These babies r huge sir!!!

[@Thebeatles19632]

Neil Armstrong is an American hero

[@aprilmayjune3060]

The bravest human 😍

[@taran7728]

what about Gagarin?

[@jameshawkins8966]

@@taran7728 Bruh gagarin was just in space these 3 heroes were literally on the moon which is a million miles away from earth tell me which is more valuable?

[@larslooperman6400]

Nice comments Buzz

[@bigbuck3216]

sorry folks - But Buzz Aldrin was always thinking of himself - no matter the situation or the question - self-absorbed and jealous that Neil was first out - It was Buzz Aldrin that overloaded the computer during the descent to the surface - only the surface radar was supposed to be working during the descent but Buzz decided to leave the orbiter tracking radar on for the ascent back up and re-docking - This was not the procedure that was planned - it was not rehearsed in the simulator - just a last second decision by Aldrin - It almost caused an abort - Neil is the real rocket man here - Aldrin was just in the right place at the right time - RIP Neil Armstrong - American Hero

[@fallguye6011]

Neil was just doing his job. It was big to him, but he was more about doing his job.

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

I agree with you to some degree. Buzz' father actually lobbied hard for him to the be the first man on the moon but it didn't work. Opinions vary on whether Buzz had him do it or his father did it on his own.

[@fallguye6011]

@@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy Buzz appreciated the spotlight, whereas Neil was about following orders and thinking things through.

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

@@fallguye6011 Agree. Neil was ALL business. My Dad was career Air Force and when we were stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, he would run into Gus Grissom occasionally. He was ALL business in the same way according to my Dad. I heard it rumored that Gus was to be on the first landing mission after successful Apollo launches that were planned. Obviously that never got to happen.

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

Maynard G. Krebs Gus wasn't prepared to go along with the whole thing, that's why he was eliminated.

[@bibekdas7449]

RIP

[@Muneebs94]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@YogsenForfoth]

I really wish it had been Neil that had lived to be 93+ years old, instead of a curmudgeon like Buzz.

[@davidcroteau7087]

CBS CNN MSN chat 🤣 😂 😆

[@fallguye6011]

At least Buzz and Collins are still living, but Buzz not quite revered the same manner Neil was. Buzz still a tremendous hero and always will be.

[@Wolfie54545]

I’m sorry to inform you. Collins is dead now.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Collins has joined Armstrong in the stars. Godspeed to these men.

[@ronduck2812]

You use cue cards

[@aleccap5946]

30 seconds left, 10 seconds left, why do they keep changing the story of how Armstrong took control and saved them both ? Now Buzz is said to have been in control, then he wasn't - is it an age thing ? I believe you need a good memory when telling lies but telling the truth what's there to remember ? The truth eh

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

Colin Southern If you look into it further you'll find some incriminating evidence actually comes from NASA themselves

[@rationalobserver3675]

@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 and you're just conveniently not going to give a source or thoughtful argument about any of it

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

Slam Nine There's loads of it out there...surely you must have looked into it? The apollo 11 press conference in itself is quite damning watching how uncomfortable they are, they can't even agree amongst themselves. Collins claimed he didn't see any stars and yet later on in his book he described seeing thousands lol.

[@freddypulleruper6050]

never went.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

Trolololol

[@waidahbruh]

You sound like a clown.

[@justinratcliffe947]

Oh shut up

[@jameshawkins8966]

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[@ar_ai_ayyar_ai_zek4847]

Legacy on lies?

[@manilajohn0182]

Colin Southern- For the most part, the people in the dark to whom you refer lack a well rounded education. People like that will always be easy prey for social arsonists and tin foil hat conspiracy theorists, because they lack the ability to analyze or form value judgements on even moderately complex issues. Against that type of mindset which denies what it doesn't understand, there's little that you can do.

[@manilajohn0182]

And kudos to you for trying. It's alarming that so many Americans are so ignorant of the moon landing that they're actually unsure as to whether or not it took place.

[@manilajohn0182]

And I agree. Just how much of the idiocy is incidental and how much of it is deliberately induced via a dumbed down educational system is an open question.