Comments on: Congress has now officially renamed the Dryden Flight Research Center in California after Neil Armstrong.

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 06:59:05 +0000

In reply to lcon. Read the article. They did exactly as you suggest for Dryden at the center that used to be named after him.

By: lcon

lcon — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 17:12:02 +0000

Its a shame that they would strip honors from one to honor another. But now the damage is done. Perhaps it might be a good move to petition for some other structure to be named in Dryden’s honor like say the vehicle assembly building at Kennedy.

By: PeterF

PeterF — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 11:11:13 +0000

Kind of like chiseling one of the faces on mount Rushmore to resemble a more “contemporary” president?

By: Trent Waddington

Trent Waddington — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 23:48:37 +0000

In reply to geoffc. Considering that Armstrong was an outspoken critic of SpaceX, I don't think it would be appropriate, do you?

By: geoffc

geoffc — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:40:32 +0000

I bet SpaceX could name something way cooler after Armstrong than NASA can. Give them 5 years…