Any mention of his years with Buffalo Springfield?

Hidden in the story of the first man on the moon, who incidentally was also Mission Commander, has been discussion of why Neil Armstrong was selected for that honor. Sometimes it is presented as something that just happened. We know that there were many Astronauts who were more public than Neil Armstrong; who would have clearly presented a more well defined image of NASA . We know that they were all capable men. Yet, in this intensely competitive environment, sheer competence was clearly the governing criterion. This quiet, humble man was selected number one. One can only wonder what internal debates may have occurred between the Operational and the Public Relations sides of NASA. In the end Armstrong was the choice to be the trail blazer. It was not accidental, and that should not be overlooked. The term "First Among Equals" could apply. Of all of that august company he was the "First".

I admired Armstrong's accomplishments. Even more, I admired that fact that he did not let those accomplishments, and the attendant fame, change him. To me, this private man was an Iconic American hero.

I agree. There is something brilliant about a great, yet humble, man. It stirs something in the heart, to know of such a man. I think it is pride.

Neil Armstrong was all that is man. I fear hope of manned space missions from America at least died with him, sadly.

I was in grad school at Purdue when he landed on the moon. I watched it with my oldest daughter on an old 19 in Sylvania black & white tv. Took all night. She was asleep at the end. Picture was awful. Cronkite was even worse (as usual).

The landing was the highlight of my life. I had watched every televised Mercury, Gemini and Apollo launch and landing and watched the remaining Apollo shots and many Shuttle shots.

I am surprised how deeply I feel his death. It seems like America itself has died. The future was so bright then, so dark now.

I, too, was at Purdue for summer school, one block off campus from the student union on Pierce St. I watched on my roommates 12" B&W television, the only set in the apartment, and took a picture of the screen with my Gramps 35mm to insure I had a record.
Neil Armstrong was the Lindbergh of our era, but went Lindy one better. Instead of soaking up the limelight, for his accomplishment of being the first man to land an aircraft on the surface of the moon, and then the 1st to climb down a ladder{much easier...}, he chose to put himself as a representative of mankind. He also did not use his notoriety for personal gain nor power.
He was a real man.
requesiat in pacem
tom