Man on the Moon

Neil Armstrong, the first human who ever walked on a something that wasn't Earth, died today. He was 82 and died from bypass complications. He was part of that awesome part of space exploration when we were actually going to space and vacations on the Moon where something people in 21st century would do every year. It makes me sad that he didn't live to see humans going to Mars or even walking on the Moon again. It makes me sad he is gone. It feels like loosing essential part of history - somebody who lived it and could tell the story from the first hand experience. He has been to the Moon. The experience is so exclusive it's just makes you feel awe if you think about it. And he was the first one to do it. And now he is gone.

CNN has a photo gallery of the man both on the Moon and here on Earth.

Neil Gaiman shares his picture the Neil #1 and some other guy named Neal.

P.S. With Harry Harrison, Tony Scott and Jerry Nelson dying it reminded me also how many people who influenced our lives are old and that loosing them was inevitable. Still, you're never ready for it to be now, are you?