{"id":647,"date":"2015-11-15T04:35:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T04:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=647"},"modified":"2018-10-09T01:27:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T01:27:10","slug":"armstrong-neil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/armstrong-neil\/","title":{"rendered":"ARMSTRONG, Neil"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453315804311{margin-top: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531588223-e020d87d-f7dd094f-cf6340c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don\u2019t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Neil Armstrong<\/strong>, American astronaut, engineer & educator<\/p>\n

\u201cNeil Armstrong refuses to \u2018waste any heartbeats\u2019\u201d (4 July 1969) Interview with Dora Jane Hamblin, LIFE<\/em> Magazine special edition, \u201cOff to the Moon,\u201d Vol. 67, No. 1, Chicago, IL: Time, Inc., p. 20, column 4; online via LIFE magazine & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf6340c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>[Comment – likely made in jest – in a LIFE<\/em> magazine profile of Armstrong and his family]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe special exhilaration of silent, powerless flight has remained one of his greatest pleasures. Neil never cared much for team sports. Among the astronauts, for whom physical fitness is almost a fetish, he is an anomaly. He neither jogs, does push-ups nor plays handball. \u201cI believe<\/span>,\u201d he says mildly, \u201cthat every human being has a finite number of heartbeats available to him, and I don\u2019t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercise<\/span>.\u201d (p. 20, column 4)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The Armstrong interview was part of a feature profile of the lunar astronauts. The Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins profiles begin on page 16D under the heading \u201cThree Men Bound for the Moon.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf6340c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cNeil Armstrong refuses to \u2018waste any heartbeats\u201d (4 July 1969) LIFE magazine, online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Lk8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=Among+the+astronauts,+for+whom+physical+fitness+is+almost+a+fetish,+he+is+an+anomaly<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc40c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cKnowledge is fundamental to all human achievement and progress. It is both the key and the quest that advances mankind. The search for knowledge is what brought men to the moon; but it took knowledge already acquired to make it possible to get there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Neil Armstrong<\/strong>, American astronaut, engineer & educator<\/p>\n

Letter to Troy Public Library, Troy, MI (13 April 1971) Addressed to \u201cThe Young Citizens of Troy, Michigan, c\/o Mrs. Marguerite A. Hart\u201d via \u201cA Library is Many Things\u201d, Letters of Note<\/em>, ed. Shaun Usher, www.lettersofnote.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e6240c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> [From Armstrong\u2019s written response to a letter from librarian Marguerite Hart. Hart had written a number of notable people and asked them to consider writing a letter to the children of Troy, Michigan about the value of their new public library. The quote cited here is the full third paragraph of the letter.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge is fundamental to all human achievement and progress. It is both the key and the quest that advances mankind. The search for knowledge is what brought men to the moon; but it took knowledge already acquired to make it possible to get there<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c40c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: [Accessed June 2015] \u201cA Library is Many Things\u201d (13 April 1971) online via Letters of Note: http:\/\/www.lettersofnote.com\/2011\/05\/library-is-many-things.html<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e40c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThat\u2019s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Neil Armstrong<\/strong>, American astronaut, engineer & educator<\/p>\n

Audio transmission from the moon (20 July 1969) Apollo 11 Mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) transcript, \u201cApollo 11 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription (Goss Net 1)\u201d Data Logistics Office, Test Division, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, Tape 70\/24, 04-13-24-48, Houston, TX: Manned Spacecraft Center, July 1969, p. 377; online via NASA, Johnson Space Center, www.jsc.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58d40c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf40c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[CDR = Commander, Neil A. Armstrong]:<\/p>\n

CDR (Tranquility) – Armstrong: \u201cI\u2019m going to step off the LM now.\u201d<\/p>\n

CDR (Tranquility) – Armstrong: THAT\u2019S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND<\/span>.<\/p>\n

CDR (Tranquility) – Armstrong: \u201cAnd the \u2013 the surface is fine and powdery. I can \u2013 I can pick it up loosely with my toe. It does adhere in fine layers like powdered charcoal to the sole and sides of my boots. I can only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine, sandy particles.<\/p>\n

CC: \u201cNeil, this is Houston. We\u2019re copying.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e040c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Source link<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>[Misquote<\/span>]: \u201cArmstrong Adds an \u2018a\u2019 to Historical Quotation\u201d (31 July 1969) online via The New York Times, \u2018TimesMachine\u2019 archive [subscription service]: https:\/\/timesmachine.nytimes.com\/timesmachine\/1969\/07\/31\/78387605.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=ArticleEndCTA&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=20<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: [Accessed June 2015] Apollo 11 Mission Transcript (July 1969) NASA, Johnson Space Center: http:\/\/www.jsc.nasa.gov\/history\/mission_trans\/AS11_TEC.PDF<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf6340c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cYour library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Neil Armstrong<\/strong>, American astronaut, engineer & educator<\/p>\n

Letter to Troy Public Library, Troy, MI (13 April 1971) Addressed to \u201cThe Young Citizens of Troy, Michigan, c\/o Mrs. Marguerite A. Hart\u201d via \u201cA Library is Many Things\u201d, Letters of Note<\/em>, ed. Shaun Usher, www.lettersofnote.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf6340c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Final paragraph of Armstrong\u2019s response to a letter from librarian Marguerite Hart. Hart had written a number of notable people and asked them to consider writing a letter to the children of Troy, Michigan about the value of their new public library.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHow we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.<\/span>\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf6340c2-1e3f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: [Accessed June 2015] \u201cA Library is Many Things\u201d (13 April 1971) online via Letters of Note: http:\/\/www.lettersofnote.com\/2011\/05\/library-is-many-things.html<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Neil Armstrong<\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n