Re:Neil Armstrong Remembered
by sndean on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:16PM
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> I get that Neil was a private person, but it was a little too over-dramatic
I don't know. My granddad [0] told me a story about being pinned against a wall and screamed at by Armstrong because he allowed little kids to hang around and ask for autographs at a NASA event. Armstrong was not only overly private, he was also apparently really bothered by the small industry that developed selling things that he (Buzz Aldrin / Mike Collins) signed.
In contrast, others like Jimmy Doolittle, would supposedly talk to you for hours on end about NASA/WWII/whatever.
Re:Neil Armstrong Remembered
by C1sc0cat on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @04:50AM
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When he visited the Uk base of a company (Eaton - where my dad worked) he was a director - there where instructions not to talk to him about his time in NASA.
I don't know. My granddad [0] told me a story about being pinned against a wall and screamed at by Armstrong because he allowed little kids to hang around and ask for autographs at a NASA event. Armstrong was not only overly private, he was also apparently really bothered by the small industry that developed selling things that he (Buzz Aldrin / Mike Collins) signed.
In contrast, others like Jimmy Doolittle, would supposedly talk to you for hours on end about NASA/WWII/whatever.
[0] some high-level guy at NASA in the 70-80s