Neil Armstrong's Secret Star Trek Wish

Rare Video Footage Uncovers the Late Neil Armstrong's Secret Star Trek Wish.
Los Angeles, CA (November 5, 2012): Astronaut and humanitarian, the late Neil Armstrong, put aside his trepidations and made a rare public appearance in 2004 to honor a fellow engineer, James Doohan, Star Trek's Lt. Montgomery Scott. Rare footage of the event recently discovered by Wende Doohan reveals Armstrong's secret desire to captain a Federation starship.
Armstrong served as keynote speaker during Planet XPO's "Beam Me Up One Last Time, Scotty" convention in 2004. The gala event, attended by Trek luminaries William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, George Takei and Majel Barrett Roddenberry, celebrated Doohan's awarding of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
During a banquet in Doohan's honor, Armstrong gave a heartfelt speech that excited, amused and delighted the many fans that had gathered to see the iconic Trek engineer at his last convention appearance. Armstrong compared the advancements of 24th century space travel to his own, confessing, "So, I'm hoping for my next command...to be given a Federation starship. And, when I get that command...I would like to have a crew like Captain James T. Kirk had." Armstrong, a real engineer, praised Doohan declaring he would want Scotty as his engineer because he knew Scotty would get the job done!
"It was Neil's desire to play an admiral in Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, but he was out of the country and couldn't fit it into his busy schedule," said Producer Sky Conway.
"On behalf of the cast and crew of the upcoming production, Star Trek: Renegades, we dedicate the film to Neil Armstrong, a true space pioneer and real life hero, whose numerous contributions to humanity extended far beyond that one small step."
To view this rare public appearance by Neil Armstrong and his fitting tribute to James Doohan in its entirety, visit the Star Trek: Renegades web site at atomicnetwork.tv/!
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About Sky Conway: Sky Conway is a film and event producer, a writer and a business and entertainment attorney. He also has vast experience as an entrepreneur in a myriad of businesses including licensed entertainment collectibles. He is also the Producer and Co-writer of the Award winning film Star Trek: Of Gods and Men.

[@chrissmith7669]

You don’t get much better than having Neil Armstrong show up to pay tribute to your work.

[@00bikeboy]

How wonderful that Mr. Armstrong took the time to do this. James Doohan and Neil Armstrong, my heart is soaring.

[@AtomicVideo]

Thanks for sharing!

[@thomasdillon7761]

Neil Armstrong literally went boldly where no man had gone before.

[@helljumpr5150]

There definitely will be a starship for him someday. The USS Armstrong!

[@mauriciosimoesdealmeidabot5641]

helljumpr5150 in “First Contact” Will Riker tells Zephran Cochrane thar you can see Lake Armstrong on the surface of the Moon in a clear night. I presume it is a big city...

[@FQP-7024]

@@mauriciosimoesdealmeidabot5641ets hope it has a Space port for a ship called U.S.S. Armstrong NCC-(add any number you would like)

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@mauriciosimoesdealmeidabot5641 I wonder what Neil Armstrong thought of that (Assuming he'd watched the film)?

[@tnhl77]

RIP you two "old Engineers"

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Yeah, a lot of people don't realise this but in addition to being a test-pilot (After he retired from the USN, he served in the Korean war) he was and electrical and electronic engineer and he flew an X-15 test-flight where he was testing a new advanced autopilot that he'd helped design.

[@davjoh1000]

Its great to know that neil armstrong was a fan of star trek. R.I.P.

[@Ringele5574]

Good Bless them both.... I feel bad Mr. Doohan didnt seem to understand what was happening, and was "just there". That being said, maybe we should show gratitude and recognition to those who deserve it earlier.

[@SweetBearCub]

Based on what I've read, he had a long slow decline over about the last 10 years of his life. It was unfortunate that James Doohan and Neil Armstrong and thousands of other beloved people couldn't stick around for longer. Our bodies are imperfect, and it seems that just when we start to figure out this thing called life, we die. James Doohan will always be remembered by me as the giant he was, inspiring so many to pursue careers as engineers, and even saving the life of one particularly depressed woman, as seen in other footage here on KZbin. As long as we actively remember those who have gone before us, they're never truly dead.

[@dulciapereiragomes5448]

Love Mr Neil, Respect this man Rip Mr Neil Armstrong 😘😘😘❤️

[@marcbrianlee]

WOW! I've never seen this before. I'm at the 7:30 mark taking Neil offstage. Wow. I'm in a state of shock right now.

[@Jokerine24]

OMG! I was there ... great memories :D Thanks so much for uploading this.

[@abacuschannel1]

This is a side of Neil Armstrong that I never expected. While he didn't get all the names quite right, he nonetheless was speaking from the heart. As for Star Trek: Renegades, J. J. Abrams had better take notice; this is how you do Star Trek!

[@FQP-7024]

Well he did not take anything I guessing he just ignored it

[@davidkuhn8946]

This was the best collection of actors in one movie. Thank you.

[@thefurrybstard1964]

Godspeed to one of humanity's greatest heroes!

[@mauriciosimoesdealmeidabot5641]

James Doohan couldn't deserve a more appropriate honour....

[@MrRon6977]

I think the first Starship should me named the Armstrong.

[@Kazahmish]

AWESOME FIND!! thank you so much,

[@FourColorFun]

What a great discovery! Thanks for for posting this.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

James Doohan would be 100 today.

[@isukaman4092]

Likje Columbus, Neil will always be remembered all,over the world.

[@SubscribedToLife]

Simply fascinating.

[@MagicAl5F4781]

Neil Armstrong was very selective about his public appearances, so it meant something when he showed up.

[@chrisst8922]

The three spacecraft Neil Armstrong is referring to are Gemini 8, the Apollo Command/Service Module 'Columbia' and the Apollo Lunar Module 'Eagle'. The 13 rocket engines; that's one for the enthusiast but I'd start with two different engines in the Gemini Titan II and the FI and J2 engines in the Saturn V.

[@mxnchkir0]

How amazing! What humility

[@dukecraig2402]

The man truly was a class act.

[@dvnobles]

Very nice...both are truly missed.

[@Noldi400]

Well, they did leave a plaque that said "We came in peace for all mankind."

[@dukecraig2402]

That ladies and gentlemen is what you call a class act.

[@felinefinetessaslegacy]

WOW !!! ♥

[@SpaceAndStarsGalore]

nice! thx for posting!

[@captvictor]

Capt. Neil Armstrong...of the USS Eagle UFP

[@leoortolani8848]

Two heroes. They made a great job for humankind. In space. In fiction. We won't forget.

[@dukecraig2402]

They both went where no man had gone before, one literally and the other in our imaginations which is equally important.

[@JamesSupinski]

So sad he'd be gone in a year from this party.

[@davidsquall351]

Great speech

[@AtomicVideo]

Thanks!

[@Thousand_yard_King]

Those who dare to dream great dreams and work hard to bare forth the fruit of those dreams, they are the hero's not that we deserve, but that we need.. Thank you commander Armstrong..

[@dukecraig2402]

The human race is going back to the moon in the next few years, I've been waiting for this since 1972, it's a real shame that politics over the past decades held it up and Neil Armstrong didn't get to see it happen again, the man was a true class act.

[@Pandoranage4101]

awesome.

[@ozzy5254]

this is awesome!!!.

[@ozzy5254]

cool!!!.

[@kitty9tales]

I got to sit in Armstrong's chair in the Apollo 11 in the Smithsonian in the 70s

[@adyholland398]

Brilliant

[@mandaltby]

Yeah man, so much fun to watch, he was like a little kid, what a character, that is the real deal right there. It breaks my heart that 20% of Americans are 2 fooled by the conspiracy theories. Going to the moon is one thing we need to be proud of, people can say all the shit about us that they want, we are loud, we are this and that but yes America is something special if we just remember who we are, it aint no conspiracy theory.

[@Geovideo333]

We were there. Absolutely one for the history books. Best experience at a Con I ever had. It was my wife's first. Not fair. She didn't have to go through all the crap cons and work her way up to this one. hahahaha. Now she's spoiled. It was magic.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I wonder if Neil Armstrong watched Star Trek when it first aired? Anyway it's interesting to learn that he was a Trekkie.

[@raynash4117]

A classy man !

[@MattJohno2]

At least Neil Armstrong got a shuttle to take down to the lunar surface!

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

Skip to 1:10.

[@Icehookahtroubadour]

James Doohan had Alxihiemers

[@cactusjones2400]

Somethings wrong with the dates here, Armstrong died August 25, 2012, about two and a half months before this event took place.

[@pbilk]

This video has a hard time playing for me. :/ If I start another video after just trying this video that other video runs perfectly and it plays that video in 720p or 1080p. It's like this video is being throttled.

[@bobkinney2430]

Amen 🙏🙏!

[@mooominpapa]

If only at some point, while being on the moon he put down the flag, put up his hand and said "I come in peace."

[@SweetBearCub]

I don't know about saying that when he installed the flag, but the plaque that they left on the Moon did say "We came in peace for all mankind". It's still there to this day.

[@kenvoorhees3997]

Never knew Armstrong had a sense of humor

[@wildboar7473]

Yes they are still at archaic rockets invented for Home. When will space tech come along, even nuclear ship would be progress. He was not so shy afterall.

[@nickyl9040]

THIS is what the movie First Man got wrong about Neil Armstrong ; his very dry sense of humor

[@holonat]

[@827stormin]

I'm not going to get into the whole hoax theory here. We all have our opinions. I respect Mr Armstrong. I mean if we did go, what an experience and the pressure of everyday fame to have done something no one has ever done, first, and that the entire world got to see. And then again, if we didn't go, the pressure of everyday going along with it to the whole world, knowing you can never tell the truth. That's hero level respect earned there from me either way. I do have one thing I would like explained for if we did go though: It was/is the greatest achievement in the 20th century and human history, yet there is no global, or well even a national observed holiday for this event, but yet we federally observe a holiday (banks post offices, etc...closed) for a man that is slowly being proven not to be the first on this land we call America. I realize we still observe it for the journey that man endured at the time, but what about this? Something to think about.

[@dawsie]

I hate conspiracy idiots

[@unionrdr]

Is it just me, or did it seem to anyone else like James wasn't "all there"?

[@DelcoRanz93]

James Doohan had alzheimers as far as I know.

[@unionrdr]

Yeah, he did seem like it, didn't he? Kinda sad for a great actor...

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@DelcoRanz93 Is it true that Nichelle has it too? Sad that people are poking fun at Jimmy "not being there". Wait til your favourite actor develops Alzheimer's-or some other dementia-and see how you feel.

[@DelcoRanz93]

@@virginiaconnor8350 It would seem so.

[@mem1701movies]

it's sad and horrible and not funny

[@dannyalexansr6171]

I would love to see the studio where they faked the moon landing😊

[@marycarla6245]

A great, great man...with a terrible Scottish accent.

[@amyfarren9048]

Nichelle Nichols is a bit long winded.

[@BD12]

yeah, no kidding. Every time you meet her, it's another half hour talking about the time she met Martin Luther King, haha

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@BD12 He was a great man. I'm glad he inspired her to stay. I love her and Uhura. Jimmy too. I'm glad I got to meet him, De, and Leonard before they died. Would've been nice to have met Neil Armstrong too.

[@followingthegreatshepherd]

He lied to the entire world.

[@dukecraig2402]

Humans are going back to the moon in a few years, they just successfully tested the engines for the SLS the other day. Prepare to eat yourself a healthy dose of crow you loser idiot, you hoaxers are a joke, you believe that hoax nonsense because of your deep set emotional need to feel like you're special and you see what other people don't because you're the smartest person in the room, when in fact you're the stupidest person in the room for allowing yourself to be fooled that bad.

[@827stormin]

I'm not going to get into the whole hoax theory here. We all have our opinions. I respect Mr Armstrong. I mean if we did go, what an experience and the pressure of everyday fame to have done something no one has ever done, first, and that the entire world got to see. And then again, if we didn't go, the pressure of everyday going along with it to the whole world, knowing you can never tell the truth. That's hero level respect earned there from me either way. I do have one thing I would like explained for if we did go though: It was/is the greatest achievement in the 20th century and human history, yet there is no global, or well even a national observed holiday for this event, but yet we federally observe a holiday (banks post offices, etc...closed) for a man that is slowly being proven not to be the first on this land we call America. I realize we still observe it for the journey that man endured at the time, but what about this? Something to think about.

[@827stormin]

I'm not going to get into the whole hoax theory here. We all have our opinions. I respect Mr Armstrong. I mean if we did go, what an experience and the pressure of everyday fame to have done something no one has ever done, first, and that the entire world got to see. And then again, if we didn't go, the pressure of everyday going along with it to the whole world, knowing you can never tell the truth. That's hero level respect earned there from me either way. I do have one thing I would like explained for if we did go though: It was/is the greatest achievement in the 20th century and human history, yet there is no global, or well even a national observed holiday for this event, but yet we federally observe a holiday (banks post offices, etc...closed) for a man that is slowly being proven not to be the first on this land we call America. I realize we still observe it for the journey that man endured at the time, but what about this? Something to think about.

[@MagicAl5F4781]

He did not risk his life in the LLRV-1 training to pretend.