romkids:#NASA55: My NASA memoryMy NASA memory is a conversation. Shortly after the death of Neil Arm
romkids:#NASA55: My NASA memoryMy NASA memory is a conversation. Shortly after the death of Neil Armstrong in 2012, I bumped into the ROM’s astronomy teacher at the time, Ian McGregor. We struck up a conversation about Neil’s legacy and importance to science, education and really humanity as a whole. Having never witnessed a Moon landing, I asked Ian where he was when he saw the first mission, and what it felt like. Ian said (and I’m paraphrasing here, and can’t capture the true resonance of his words), “Right after the broadcast ended, I went out to the front yard and looked up at the Moon. There was a man up there, standing just as I was standing. And it was very inspiring. Yesterday, after I heard about his passing, I again went outside, not a boy, but an adult this time, and I looked up at the moon. His inspiration is still as strong.“ To know that Ian, who knew so much about the stars and had seen so much in his studies throughout the years, was still moved and inspired by a moment that had happened so many decades ago – while he was young - really meant a lot to me. This conversation has stuck with me. So much so that whenever I look up at our big bright satellite I, without thinking, imagine myself as an awestruck little Ian watching a man on the Moon.Neil Armstrong’s first steps and famous words!What’s your memory?Just because NASA can’t share its memories with us today, doesn’t mean we can’t all express our feelings about them. What’s your NASA memory? Share it here or on Twitter with NASA and the hashtag ‘#NASA55’!Image information & creditsA wonderful shot of the Moon.By Gregory H. Revera (Own work) via Wikimedia CommonsImage capture of Neil Armstrong just prior to his step and giant leap on the Moon.By NASA via Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Buzz Aldrin by Niel Armstrong.By NASA, via Wikimedia CommonsVideo of Neil Armstrong’s first steps and famous words.By NASA, via Wikimedia CommonsPost by Kiron Mukherjee. Updated: October 1st, 2013. -- source link
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