A great man of science died today (26/8/2012) at Age 82. You where a hero. As a youth I dreamed of the wonderful future that science and technology would bring us form the Moon landings and beyond. You where a figure head in all of the "modern world". I was with astronomy friends as you where about to die and had taken a moon picture on my mobile phone through the eye piece of my telescope. I was wondering what it was like to be an astronaut and in the morning I rang my wife on my mobile to hear the sad news. Technology told me you had passed but your spirit lives on in the way we lead our modern life.