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  • There were about 25 of US astronauts who were qualified to have that job.

  • I'm exaggerating a little bit, but I think all roads lead to a fella named Deke Slayton who was our boss.

  • And I think one day he got all 25 together in a room and went around and pointed at all of them and say you altering, gone college, We don't need you and ended up.

  • It was an empty room with just one seat in it.

  • And that was Neil Armstrong.

  • He was the best possible choice to represent our country.

  • Our planet.

  • Neil was extremely intelligent man and a man of many talents.

  • He was a student of history, specifically the history of science.

  • He just had an extremely broad viewpoint exposure.

  • And it was a wonderful representative of our country and our planet.

  • There were about 25 of US astronauts who were qualified to have that job.

  • Neil was extremely intelligent man and a man of many talents.

  • He just had an extremely broad viewpoint exposure.

  • He just had an extremely broad viewpoint exposure.

  • And it is a wonderful representative of our country and our planet.

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There were about 25 of US astronauts who were qualified to have that job.

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