Not a good week for the Armstrongs

I was 8 years old when he stepped off the Lunar Module and onto the moon.  My dad was working late and I was lying in my parents bed with my brother and sister watching the black and white TV they had on a closet shelf.  We cheered when he stepped off the ladder.

RIP Neal Armstrong......what a life!!

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."  Such infamous words by an incredible pioneer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong

Sally and Neil, both gone so close to one another. I was alive for the rise of Sally but Neil Armstrong was no less inspirational to me. Also, I did not realize until reading his obit that he, too, was a Trojan.

I was a member of Young Astronauts and all ... after having been kicked out of Girl Scouts.

I didn't think it was possible but you have risen even further in my esteem.....

In 1969 I was eleven years old living in south Mississippi.  Dad was working at the test site in Picayune.  It were interesting times to say the least.   The moon landing, Camille,  civil rights, and other such doings made that year a watershed one in my memory.

I got kicked out of girl scouts too - cheating at volleyball, and stealing from the snack bar.....