Neil Armstrong 1930-2012

Scott, Amundsen, Hillary, Lindbergh, Armstrong,
All great names in history,

I'd bet Armstrong didnt think that when he landed on the Moon in 1969, the Apollo missions would be the only manned lunar landing missions before he made his own last one small step.

so, good luck Mr Gorsky, errr ahh..... Mr Armstrong

Quoted a lot by aviators and astronauts, this, I think, is very fitting.



"High Flight"

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

John Gillespie Magee, Jr.