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I teared up hearing of his death.
What he and his fellow astronauts did seems to be as remote as the Mayflower journey. I still remember my daughters snickering disbelievingly as young children when I pointed at the moon and said we'd walked on it.
We went and then we turned our back on it. I grew up reading science fiction. I wanted desperately to go into space, influenced by Heinlein's juveniles.
I thought my children, or maybe my grandchildren would live in a world where the human race had spread out a little.
That seems so unlikely now, but briefly, for a while, we tried.
Thank you for taking that step, Mr. Armstrong.
What he and his fellow astronauts did seems to be as remote as the Mayflower journey. I still remember my daughters snickering disbelievingly as young children when I pointed at the moon and said we'd walked on it.
We went and then we turned our back on it. I grew up reading science fiction. I wanted desperately to go into space, influenced by Heinlein's juveniles.
I thought my children, or maybe my grandchildren would live in a world where the human race had spread out a little.
That seems so unlikely now, but briefly, for a while, we tried.
Thank you for taking that step, Mr. Armstrong.
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