Why are people calling Neil Armstrong one of the greatest heroes of all time

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Maybe because he is the first to go out of earth , its easy to put your feet out of home, but can you imagine? Millions of miles of space? If they would have lost in? Even we cant think so, and he was the first human to step on moon, also it makes him a hero, try taking it positive man
there is no one who is first of its kind to save the nation or build a rocket its going far a time but we have only one human being who stepped first on moon, do you have anyonther? Who stepped first??

>>Why are people calling Neil Armstrong one of the greatest heroes of all time?<<

Because he is.

>>What about the other astronauts? What about the people building the rockets? What about people putting their lives on the line to save others? What was his heroic act that makes him one of the greatest heroes of all time?<<

They're heroes too. The claim was that he was ONE OF the greatest heroes. That in no way detracts from the achievements of others.

>>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?<<

No, because he achieved all the other things Red Rose listed. And not only that, he didn't make a big deal of his achievements.

>>Calling him one of the greatest simultaneously claims that most of the other heroes were chumps in comparison, which is very disrespectful.<<

What a load of crap. Those two words 'one of' mean he is part of a group. Who the hell do you think you are saying those people paying their respects to him are being disrespectful of others while at the same time effectively dismissing his achievements?

>>@Red Rose: No, I'm not jealous, and I'm not saying he isn't a hero, of course he is.<<

Don't backtrack. That is EXACTLY what you said, with your dismissive tone of him 'just being first out of the door'.