Other astronauts and people saving lives are heroes too.
Neil Armstrong did a variety of difficult and dangerous things in his time as a test pilot and astronaut.
Korean War combat veteran, three times decorated.
Test pilot for aircraft including the F-104 Starfighter, and the X-15 rocket plane.
He flew over 200 types of aircraft during his naval and test pilot career.
Survived a serious accident with a training vehicle lunar lander.
Command pilot of Gemini 8, the first ever docking in space between two vehicles. It was also the first space emergency, when a stuck thruster caused his spacecraft to tumble rapidly (1 revolution per second - they almost blacked out). Keeping a cool head he managed to regain control and bring himself, the spacecraft and his pilot Dave Scott home safely.
Apollo 11.
Served on the accident investigations boards for both Apollo 13 and Challenger.
Taught aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinatti.
Served on the board of directors of more than a dozen companies, including Thiokol following the problems that led to the destruction of Challenger.
EDIT:
>>I'm not jealous, <<
Yeah you are.
>>there's just a lot more people that do things that they KNOW will kill them for greater causes. For example, someone jumping on a grenade to save their group.<<
It's not a zero-sum game you know. Armstrong can be described as a "hero" without denigrating the achievements of others. Get over yourself!
>>I'm not saying he shouldn't be called a hero, but "one of the greatest heroes of all time"? Just because he got out first, it makes him that much of a heroic person than the others that came with him? <<
Um, no-one said that the men who went with him are not also among the greatest heroes of all time as well. They are.
>>Makes him more heroic than someone that loses their life to save others?<<
Neil Armstrong did a variety of difficult and dangerous things in his time as a test pilot and astronaut.
Korean War combat veteran, three times decorated.
Test pilot for aircraft including the F-104 Starfighter, and the X-15 rocket plane.
He flew over 200 types of aircraft during his naval and test pilot career.
Survived a serious accident with a training vehicle lunar lander.
Command pilot of Gemini 8, the first ever docking in space between two vehicles. It was also the first space emergency, when a stuck thruster caused his spacecraft to tumble rapidly (1 revolution per second - they almost blacked out). Keeping a cool head he managed to regain control and bring himself, the spacecraft and his pilot Dave Scott home safely.
Apollo 11.
Served on the accident investigations boards for both Apollo 13 and Challenger.
Taught aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinatti.
Served on the board of directors of more than a dozen companies, including Thiokol following the problems that led to the destruction of Challenger.
EDIT:
>>I'm not jealous, <<
Yeah you are.
>>there's just a lot more people that do things that they KNOW will kill them for greater causes. For example, someone jumping on a grenade to save their group.<<
It's not a zero-sum game you know. Armstrong can be described as a "hero" without denigrating the achievements of others. Get over yourself!
>>I'm not saying he shouldn't be called a hero, but "one of the greatest heroes of all time"? Just because he got out first, it makes him that much of a heroic person than the others that came with him? <<
Um, no-one said that the men who went with him are not also among the greatest heroes of all time as well. They are.
>>Makes him more heroic than someone that loses their life to save others?<<
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