Neil Armstrong: Man of Two Worlds

Neil Armstrong died on August 25, 2012 at age 82. When you think of it it is impossible not to consider that one of our most precious primary sources is gone. The things he lived through probably can not be documented as they should. How many men can say they have actually been on the moon and returned? How many have seen the Earth from a perspective similar to the one we use to observe the Moon? How many can say that they have been in two different worlds literally?
Among  the members of that very select group, Neil stands out because he was a man with no ambitions to exploit his image and become another celebrity.  The fact that he was an astronaut by itself shows how extraordinary he was. Armstrong never came back to the dead and silent world we call Luna, but he did not  need to since he did not go there as a tourist in the first place but as  the best man for the job.
Now Neil  Armstrong is dead and  he  is in a realm that is in many ways new to him (that is if we are to believe in a life after this life.) The man of two worlds is just visiting another. R.I.P.
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