Neil Armstrong - Final Frontier Man!

It is with great sadness to hear about Neil Armstrong, who passed away aged 82 on Saturday 25th August 2012. Armstrong touched places where no human had ever touched. He and his colleague Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin were the first to walk on another world, a quarter of a million miles away.

When the two astronuats landed on the surface of the Moon, July 20th 1969, someone had to be first and Neil Armstrong was chosen. It could have easily been Aldrin, but the decision went to Armstrong. That single choice instantly propelled him into the history books, forever linked with that one single event in human history. A moment in time that defined the ultimate reason for sending humans to the Moon, our Solar System and beyond.

Humans may not be going back to the Moon for another decade or two, but in 1969 the world held its breath and amazed at the achievement that was happening in front of its eyes. The Moon landings might have been a ploy to win the space race during the height of the cold war but it was an achievement that showed the best in human nature.

It is such that I dedicate this post to Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon and every astronaut that ventured into the great black beyond our fragile Earth.

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