The enigmatic man who first set foot upon the Moon. Who is Neil Armstrong?

by haasted on 7/7/2009, 7:23 PM with 3 comments
  • by ErrantX on 7/7/2009, 7:44 PM

    I watched the program and it was fascinating. I have to say of all the people that regularly get listed as "people to aspire too" he has to rank amongst the highest.

    Not for flying to the moon but for the sheer nerve and control he had. When landing and having to take manual control (and when the alarms went off on approach) he was calm, nerveless and just got it done. That's somethign to aspire to right?

    I also definitely respect the fact he keeps himself to himself. Im sure he doesn't begrudge his name too much to history; but there is a name and then there is a man. I think the presenter of this program is right - he prefers to let the name stand for the whole team and not just him. Kudos.

  • by tokenadult on 7/7/2009, 7:57 PM

    I attended a high school named after him. (The school board was meeting to name the new high school in our school district while he was on the moon.) He did not attend the high school's dedication. Armstrong has never drawn attention to himself, and has accepted very little of the attention directed to him by admirers. That's amazing, and indeed probably does have something to do with why he was ready to be a test pilot who ended up first setting foot where no human being had ever set foot before.

  • by ZeroGravitas on 7/7/2009, 8:54 PM