Saddened to hear of Neil Armstrong's death today at age 82. Hard to believe that it was 43 years ago that he became the first human to set foot on a celestial body. Buzz Aldrin soon followed him.
It really does seem like yesterday.
By all accounts, Armstrong was a humble man uncomfortable with all the adulation heaped upon him. He was the proverbial 'reluctant hero', but a hero he was.
Read my recollection of this remarkable man and the event that propelled him to renown.
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong
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