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johnfowles · 08-26-2012, 04:14 PM

And there is IMHO a very nicely written and totally relevant summary of the effect on the cold war from a newspaper in Canadar
The small step for Neil Armstrong was a giant blow to the Soviet Union

In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the U.S. flag on the lunar surface.
(Anonymous/The Associated Press)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...02/?cmpid=rss1
I think the following sums up the significence of Neil's first step for which misguided religious zealots notwithstanding we should all be greatly thankful,
it "was less a "giant leap for mankind" than a U.S. hammer-blow to the Soviet Union, a tipping point in the Cold War from which Moscow’s brutal Communists never recovered"
A terrific legacy left on earth by Neil

08-26-2012, 04:14 PM	#5
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: Neil Armstrong R.I.P And there is IMHO a very nicely written and totally relevant summary of the effect on the cold war from a newspaper in Canadar The small step for Neil Armstrong was a giant blow to the Soviet Union In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the U.S. flag on the lunar surface. (Anonymous/The Associated Press) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...02/?cmpid=rss1 I think the following sums up the significence of Neil's first step for which misguided religious zealots notwithstanding we should all be greatly thankful, it "was less a "giant leap for mankind" than a U.S. hammer-blow to the Soviet Union, a tipping point in the Cold War from which Moscow’s brutal Communists never recovered" A terrific legacy left on earth by Neil Last edited by johnfowles; 08-26-2012 at 04:24 PM.