Since I was born the day man landed on the moon (July 20, 1969), I have always had a strong affinity with the Apollo missions, the moon, and Neil Armstrong. So I was saddened to learned that he passed away this weekend. Beyond the accomplishments of Neil Armstrong and his generation of astronauts, engineers and policymakers who literally "shot the moon" (in response to JFK's galvanizing challenge, what most struck me about Armstrong from his obituary in the New York Times, was his unbelievable sense of humility and service. He felt privileged to have been given the opportunity to be part of the historic space program and he acted that way. May we take as lessons from that glorious day in 1969 that we should have the audacity to dream bold dreams, and the humility to pursue their conquest of someone like Neil Armstrong.
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