NASA Center to be Renamed for Neil Armstrong

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NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center to be Renamed for Neil Armstrong

President Barack Obama has signed HR 667, the congressional resolution that redesignates NASA's Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, into law. The resolution also names Dryden's Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range. Both Hugh Dryden and Neil Armstrong are aerospace pioneers whose contributions are historic to NASA and the nation as a whole. NASA is developing a timeline to implement the name change.

Armstrong, who died in 2012, became the first human to set foot on another world during his historic Apollo 11 moonwalk on July 20, 1969. Armstrong's words "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind," spoken as he stepped onto the lunar surface, instantly became a part of history.

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While it's an admirable idea to honour Armstrong, it seems a shame that Dryden is being pushed out in the cold. Perhaps they might have thought of renaming the Johnson Space Center, since Armstrong was arguably more worthy of commemoration than that fairly unrenowned President.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

it seems a shame that Dryden is being pushed out in the cold.

Except he isn't.

As the article clearly states:

The resolution also names Dryden's Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range.

Dryden is a logical centre to rename as it is associated with Armstrong. He was a test pilot there before becoming an astronaut.

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A great man like him surely deserves it.

He never tried to cash in on his fame. He just had a job to do, and he did it brilliantly !

(just like Gagarin before him)