02-19-2018, 12:32 PM
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SPEV/Orion wrangler
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 2,645
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Originally Posted by pterodactyl
In July, 2011 during NARAM-53 some people may have noticed an elderly gentleman in a nearby parking lot quietly watching the rockets fly. That was probably Neil Armstrong. One year and one month later he was gone and the world lost an icon.
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AAARRRGGHH!!! Why did I not know this until now???!!! I was within 1000 ft of Neil Armstrong and I didn't know it. I know, I know. He was famously private, unlike his flight mate Buzz, who I've met on three separate occasions (and talked model rockets with). Oh well.
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