Journal article
A robot from the dark side of the moon? That's not the Neil Armstrong I knew
Sunday times (London, England : 1931), pp.7-7
02 Sep 2012
Abstract
This article argues that the astronaut Neil Armstrong was not the recluse of his obituaries. He withdrew from public life on the advice of another hero whose life had been ruined by fame - Charles Lindbergh - and his decision was a product of intelligence, not truculence. The first man on the moon never cashed in, never polluted our view of what he did with banalities, and never asked that his work be assessed on anything other than its own merit. In his own eyes he deserved no more credit for the success of Apollo 11 than the highly skilled women who sewed his spacesuit together. In 2012 there aren't many public figures like that. His greatest legacy resides not in the first moon landing, but in the way he carried himself afterwards. (Quotes from original text)
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- Title
- A robot from the dark side of the moon? That's not the Neil Armstrong I knew
- Creators
- Andrew Smith
- Publication Details
- Sunday times (London, England : 1931), pp.7-7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- English and Philosophy
- Identifiers
- 991021013092704721