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Neil Armstrong had little confidence in privatized space travel

Neil Armstrong in 1999 via Wikimedia Commons

WASHINGTON — More than 40 years after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, humans continue to push the frontiers of space exploration but missions are being tempered by costs, a trend that concerned the astronaut. The blank check from government that financed adventures in the Cold War-era is no longer…

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Apollo 11: A giant leap for mankind and Cold War rivalry

The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off 16 July 1969 with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin aboard via AFP

At 9:32 am on July 16, 1969 a 2,900-tonne Saturn V rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the Columbia command module and the dreams of a generation. The mission was Apollo 11, the commander was 38-year-old former navy pilot Neil Armstrong and the destination was…

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Republicans and Democrats hail Neil Armstrong as a ‘great American hero’

Neil Armstrong via BooWow Flickr CC

A “deeply saddened” President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed late US space pioneer Neil Armstrong as one of the nation’s greatest ever heroes, for having inspired a generation to reach for the stars. Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, died after suffering complications from cardiovascular surgery,…

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