On Saturday, Neil Armstrong passed away at 82 years old.

I'm not really big into hero worship; there are very few musicians, drivers, politicians, celebrities etc... whom I would want to meet, much less idolize, but Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins, and all the others who set foot and flag on another world are among them.

Fortunately, eight of the twelve who've walked on the moon are still alive, but probably not for much longer.

I wasn't going to post this here but I found a slightly car-related obit on Joe Saward's blog. The importance of Neil Armstrong in F1