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Neil Armstrong

Posted by linkmeister on 25 August 2012, 1:48 pm

The taciturn commander of Apollo 11 died today at the age of 82. In his honor, here’s Gahan Wilson’s satiric tribute to Armstrong’s first step onto the surface of the moon in 1969. The moon landing is one of those images I’d swear I saw, even though I know I didn’t. We lived on Guam …

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