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Why Is Neil Armstrong Responsible
Neil Armstrong, Avery Bostick nov 20,2017

Neil Armstrong one quoted’’ That's one small step for man one giant leap for mankind’’ In my essay I will be telling you the reasons why neil Armstrong is a honourably person.
The first reason why he is honor is he was the first person to ever land on the moon it was July 20,1969 the challenge he had to face was communication and blind spots.In addition he was the first person to pilot the Apollo 11. A third reason why he was honor was he won so many awards in his lifetime he won the Laggly gold medal,the presidential of freedom award and the Collier trophy.
Cool fact is he used to be in the Korean war.Neil Armstrong live a long adventurous life.

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