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In more than half of his life now, Neil Armstrong in the most dignified manner enjoyed and endured entitled "First Man on the Moon." And although his popularity is well below the likes of Lady Gaga (whoever that is) then you can with very good right to say that in the course of the next millennium, when the history of the twentieth century writing, as will his name stand out among so many andr.e When the Obamas, Stalin and Churchill fres are are gone the way of so many Caesars and Pharaohs from ancient times, when the great movements and wars are forgotten, fres as will Neil Armstrong's name live forever, not for who he was but for what he did. And with so many of the other 'big' will his deeds may be recognized far more when he's fres gone.
The son of a federal government worker in Ohio could Armstrong enjoy a comfortable upbringing in a small town during the Depression, with the exception that he had an extraordinary passion for flight. He started flying at a young age, was pilot license 16 years old, went into the Navy, and flew Panther jets from aircraft carriers when he was 20 As a member of the famous "Screaming Eagles" jets Squadron 51, he flew extremely bold kampmisioner of North Korea and China. Armstrong was one of the few who made more than 100 landings on an aircraft carrier, his sharing holdings was later dramatized by William Holden movie "The Bridges Over Toko-Ri." He returned to Purdue University for Korea to complete his graduation as an engineer fres in aeronautics in 1955. As a civilian, he was hired as a test pilot for the newly developed rockets and jets at Edwards Air Base in California. While the celebrated and colorful Chcuk Yeager, put Armstrong speed and altitude records in this quiet modesty that is characteristic of the working and which characterized fres his entire professional life. He was up to touch the outer space of 207,500 feet in the X-15 hypersonik plane and Armstrong tested the limits of aerodynamics over the desert in the west just as Sputnik threw tremors fres through the scientific (and political) world. Affiliated with the now almost forgotten Dyna-Soar project, (read it, tremendously exciting) synopsis comment) who developed flylignende spacecraft and competed with NASA's first rockets as the input to the Mercury series, remained Armstrong an active and very busy "pilot engineer "while the space race took off. As a overraskelde for many of his friends and associates he applied to join NASA's astronaut group 2 department in 1962 after Kennedy's opinion, promise a moon landing "before the decade is over." fres
Selected as the first civilian astronaut, he trained with the extraordinary group of nine men who were in the legendary fres "Right Stuff" (men of the right caliber) original fres group of seven astronauts, men of superior caliber, (names which every school child should know but unfortunately!) - intelligent, educated, fearless and with a determination to go into the challenges of difficult character, triumphs, disasters and death: Lovell, White, Borman, Conrad, Young, See, Stafford and McDivitt. As commander of Gemini VIII, achieved Armstrong a reputation for being tough and cool under pressure when his faulty capsule began turning around itself - in an increasingly frantic and deadly, sickly pace after the first successful docking of a spacecraft in circuit. After having brought the spacecraft to safety, turned down a despondent Armstrong any suggestion that his actions were heroic, he was annoyed just about the things that could not be implemented, focused as he was on the job and for the consequences of Project fres Gemini and its sequel Apollo Project. About lunar mission, and the drama about to land in Tranquillity Base, while Buzz Aldrin as quiet watched the fuel load, and Armstrong flew Lunar Module over boulders and craters fres we all know. The whole world considered the story unfolded on July night in 1969, the dramatic landing, the worldwide TV broadcast, the 'snowy' black / white images revealed two Americans who jumped on the lunar surface and talked with Nixon over the phone. The nation, the world was enthralled and inspired, and then, as always, went quickly on to the more mundane and forgotten over time. After the ticker-tape parades and banquets and public honors across the globe went Armstrong on with what many consider the most worthy of imitation in his life. For his outstanding contributions as the first man on the moon lies not so much in his ability and effort or his patriotism, but rather in the dignity he has showcased in more than 40 years of fame.
In 1971, he retired from NASA and started teaching at the Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He avoided offers from many companies until he was hired as a spokesman for Chrysler, which was in financial difficulties and backed by a loan from the federal government, successfully approached