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Apparently he would disagree. :P From the article: "At age 78, some things about current society irritate me, such as the adulation of celebrities and inflatio
by pwmanagerdied 17y ago
Apparently he would disagree. :P From the article:
"At age 78, some things about current society irritate me, such as the adulation of celebrities and inflation of heroism," he said last week. Neither description fits him, he added. "Heroes abound, but don't count astronauts among them. We worked very hard, we did our jobs to near perfection, but that is what we had been hired to do."
- skorgu 17y agoWhat's the joke about the Medal of Honor recipients meeting? They all think it's a mistake for them to be around all these heroes. Heroes are heroes precisely because they don't find their actions heroic. My take anyway.
- ErrantX 17y agoIndeed. I always respect them for that - yes they understood the importance of the occasion. But the Apollo 11 'nauts were chosen for something more important than heroism - dependability. The guts to do the job and come home (the last one arguably being the crucial bit).