Neil Alden Armstrong - August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012

[fleetfootmike]

The world has lost a truly great man among great men. I only pray that some day soon there will be more who get to do what he did, and more.

Comments

[demoneyes.livejournal.com]

And now there are only eight living men who have walked on our moon - and the youngest of them is 76... :-(

[alitalf.livejournal.com]

One thing sticks in my mind is that he self-identified as an engineer. Something extra I have to like about him!

It is very sad that the American public got bored with space exploration, so it has been delayed and downplayed. It is also sad that no other nation or conglomerate of nations has managed to take it forward.