On the passing of Neil Armstrong
I woke up on my birthday and went to read the news. Those that know me well, know that I love space and science fiction. When I learned that Neil Armstrong had died, my first thought was not sadness but that he was old. After all people die; even the great ones and the heros. My second thought was that of the men who walked on the moon, only 8 remain. Buzz Aldrin (11), Al Bean (12), Edgar Mitchell (14), David Scott (15), John Young (16), Charles Duke (16), Gene Cernan (17), & Jack Schmitt (17). Of all the crews that flew on Apollo only the crews of 8, 9, 10, and 16 are all still with us. My birthday wish: Before all these men and the people who supported them leave us, we should be back in deep space. I would hope that before Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt die (last men to walk on the moon) that we land humans back on the Moon or on Mars. Neil Armstrong will always be remembered for Apollo 11 but we must remember he was also the commander of the first in-space emergency; G...