It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put my thumb over it and I could make the Earth disappear. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
— Neil Armstrong Modern

First man on the moon

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Interview about his moon experience

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1970s

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Strange & Unusual

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