It's fun when people confuse being calm and don't panicking with having no fear. You have your fears and doubts, but just don't let them cloud your judgment.<p>And I remember him. While it sucks he didn't walk on the Moon, I will probably never even leave Earth's atmosphere. At least he got to space. He may be the one I envy less, but I still envy him ;-)<p>They were all made of superhero-stuff.<p>I wonder if NASA's current problems are not due to a lack of superheroes.
Since when are the Guardian's story pages so cluttered that we need to link to the print version of their articles? It's about the best designed newspaper site on the web. Is pagination really so awful?
<i>All three astronauts believed there was a real chance such a disaster would occur. Armstrong thought his prospects were only 50-50 of making it back to Earth. And so did Collins, the pilot of Columbia and one of the world's most experienced aviators.</i><p>Kinda puts the word "hero" in perspective.