Goodbye Man on the Moon

He got his student pilot's license at the ripe old age of 16, studied Aeronautics, fought the Korean War, got married, had kids. But then he did something that set him apart from the rest of the people on Planet Earth who had done already one or some of these things in their lives. Others dreamt of the moon, he landed on it.

A quiet man, he wasn't in the limelight much unlike his fellow moon walker Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. Known for long silences during conversations, he was a man of thought who wouldn't romanticise the lunar mission for press agents looking for a news byte. According to him, they went to the moon because "it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges". A nerdy engineer, he was Deist, He did not believe that God or a higher power interferes in the workings of the universe once it had been set into motion. I guess, he was closer to the Karmic theory than many of us.

Even though there's been hardly any mention of him in years, he was a hero to all. The man who made the impossible come true. He and his giant leap for mankind sub-consciously inspired thousands of others to dream big and work towards making their dreams come true, no matter how whimsical they may seem. Though knowing Armstrong, he may not have even dreamt of it - he probably just lived the moments as and when they took place.

Rest in Peace Neil Armstrong. Higher and more fantastic dimensions await you.