[billorites]

In all seriousness, Neil Armstrong is a great hero and a great American.

He did, however, have the good sense after his stellar, uh lunar, achievement in 1969 to get lost.

I respect that.

[Alberta's Child]

I read a very intriguing story once about those early astronauts. Apparently many of them had to cope with bouts of depression later in their lives because in their minds they always felt that nothing they ever did could come close to traveling in space, walking on the moon, etc.

Armstrong apparently became a devout Christian (I'm pretty sure it was Armstrong), and after returning from a trip to the Holy Land he remarked that walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ was a more awe-inspiring experience than walking on the moon.