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Neil Armstrong
American
Astronaut
Born:
Aug 5
,
1930
Died:
Aug 25
,
2012
Me
Moon
People
Space
Work
You
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Buzz Aldrin
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I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.
Neil Armstrong
Inspirational
Believe
Every
Mine
Finite
Finite Number
Heartbeats
Intend
Any
Human
Waste
Number
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
Neil Armstrong
Man
Giant
Small
Step
Leap
Mankind
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
Neil Armstrong
Me
Space
Earth
Giant
Eye
Out
Pretty
Struck
Small
Put
Thumb
Feel
Like
Felt
Up
Very
Blotted
Blue
Tiny
Planet
Planet Earth
Suddenly
Shut
I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Neil Armstrong
Believe
Every
Mine
Running
Finite
Finite Number
Around
Exercises
Doing
Heartbeats
Intend
Any
Human
Waste
Number
Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.
Neil Armstrong
Saying
Science
Remember
Rocks
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
Neil Armstrong
History
Peace
Moon
Men
First
Earth
Foot
Came
July
Mankind
Planet
Planet Earth
Ad
Here
Set
Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
Neil Armstrong
Joy
Flying
Take
Like
Pilots
Walking
Special
I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
Neil Armstrong
Work
Daily
Guess
Our
Recognized
Fireworks
Like
Piece
Daily Work
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
Neil Armstrong
Earth
Out
Put
Thumb
Up
Blotted
Planet
Planet Earth
Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.
Neil Armstrong
You
Think
Bites
Tried
Something
Overconfident
Well
Because
Snaps
Up
Very
Get
Hard
I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
Neil Armstrong
Nature
Soul
Challenges
Human Being
Space
Moon
Face
Think
Because
His
Salmon
Going
Human
Just
Being
Upstream
To The Moon
Required
Deep
Swim
Things
Inner
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.
Neil Armstrong
Achievement
Humanity
Opportunities
Space
Important
Our
Unlimited
Further
Visions
Rather
Demonstrating
Go
Forever
Than
Apollo
Planet
Chained
People love conspiracy theories.
Neil Armstrong
Love
People
Conspiracy
Theories
I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Me
Moon
Big
Honestly
Say
Dream
About
Never
Had
Surprise
Being
Big Surprise
I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
Neil Armstrong
Would
More
End
Than
Expected
Did
Achieved
Substantially
Century
Fully
Actually
I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth.
Neil Armstrong
Future
Game
Space
Odds
Situation
White
White House
Congress
Back
About
Direction
Directions
Over
House
Concerned
Policy
Sort
NASA
Hitting
Substantially
Where
Agency
Forth
Should
Playing
In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
Neil Armstrong
You
Research
Society
Something
Investigate
Know
Understand
Much
Means
Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
Neil Armstrong
You
Wonderful
Bird
Sail
Flying
Machines
Come
Closest
Being
Planes
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
Neil Armstrong
Work
Thought
Moon
Medium
Flying
Astronaut
New
Attractions
Were
Being
Much
Actually
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.
Neil Armstrong
Me
First
Circumstance
Put
Particular
Yeah
Command
Role
Just
Anyone
Planned
Flight
Chosen
If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
Neil Armstrong
Technology
Will
Believe
Part
Step
Up
I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
Neil Armstrong
Extremely
Ecstatic
Were
Surprised
Elated
Successful
All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.
Neil Armstrong
Great
Me
History
Generation
Late
Immersed
Brought
Someone
Wrinkle
Had
Disappointed
Missed
Adventures
Along
Times
Dedicated
Flight
Who
Fascinated
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