Date: 17/01/2014 21:02:13
From: Obviousman
ID: 471866
Subject: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

Jan. 9, 2014 – Lawmakers have renamed NASA’s primary flight research center to honor the first man to walk on the moon.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday (Jan. 8) passed a bill that redesignates the space agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center in southern California the “NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center.”

The legislation continues to honor the facility’s displaced namesake by renaming the surrounding area the “Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range.”

The U.S. House of Representatives earlier introduced and passed a corresponding resolution in February 2013. This was at least the third time since 2007 that Congress has sought to name the flight research center for Armstrong.

On Thursday, the bill was presented to the President to be signed into law.

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010914b-neil-armstrong-nasa-center-name.html

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:17:08
From: wookiemeister
ID: 471872
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:29:22
From: gaghalfrunt
ID: 471875
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

wookiemeister said:



I call hollywood sound stage.

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:30:36
From: gaghalfrunt
ID: 471876
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

Why else would he be carrying an aluminium suitecase?

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:33:26
From: Obviousman
ID: 471877
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

If you look at other images of the Apollo 11 crew walking out, check out Mike Collins left hand: he has a brown paper bag in it. Guess what’s in the bag?

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:36:57
From: Skeptic Pete
ID: 471880
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

Obviousman said:


If you look at other images of the Apollo 11 crew walking out, check out Mike Collins left hand: he has a brown paper bag in it. Guess what’s in the bag?

His playlunch?

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:37:49
From: sibeen
ID: 471881
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

Obviousman said:


If you look at other images of the Apollo 11 crew walking out, check out Mike Collins left hand: he has a brown paper bag in it. Guess what’s in the bag?

Lunch.

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:40:58
From: Rule 303
ID: 471883
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

gaghalfrunt said:

I call hollywood sound stage.

If you were in the US you would have been shot for that by now.

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:44:03
From: ChrispenEvan
ID: 471886
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

guenters trophy trout?

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:44:07
From: Obviousman
ID: 471887
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

Sorry – right hand.

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:45:15
From: Obviousman
ID: 471889
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

ChrispenEvan said:


guenters trophy trout?

Correct-a-mundo!

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:46:24
From: ChrispenEvan
ID: 471892
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

google is my friend. though it does ring feint bells.

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Date: 17/01/2014 21:53:01
From: Obviousman
ID: 471906
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

“White Room gags” were common. This is Armstrong on his Gemini XIII flight getting a “shoe phone”.

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Date: 17/01/2014 22:01:28
From: Obviousman
ID: 471922
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

Gemini IX got a ‘match’ to “light this candle”:

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Date: 17/01/2014 22:03:45
From: Obviousman
ID: 471928
Subject: re: Congress renames NASA flight center after Neil Armstrong

Gemini X got a giant pair of pliers:

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