Probably because Neil Armstrong was known for his ice cool manner and not a being a gob shite like you. He was not the stereotypical yank big mouth. At the time he took part in the Apollo 11 training and mission he was a civilian and almost kept himself to himself. During the Apollo 11 launch his heart beat did not go over 109. Considering the guy has been a Navy pilot, a test pilot, a University Professor and a Astronaut, he has a lot of intelligence to go with his balls of steel. When he was 59 he caught his wedding ring in farm machinery and ripped off his finger, he calmly picked it up and took himself to hospital where they sewed it back on.
He refuses to sign autographs etc as people sell them , there so many fakes apparently on ebay. I can't blame the guy for wanting his privacy and not wanting to answer the same old tired question from the same bucktoothed doubters. When his own barber had sold locks of his hair I would think I would be sick to death of all around him.. To be honest I thought the guy was dead (years ago), I was very surprised to read that he is still alive at 78 years old.
The more i read about the man the more my respect and appreciation grew for him..
I now our local glue sniffer will always be hanging round these threads cos he cannot live in a real world. He should just stick to his virtual world and his paranoia and remember that the world is out to get him..... looser.......
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