I just heard this... normally I don't get all caught up in public figures dieing, but in this case, we've lost a truly great American hero. As pointed out, not just because he walked on the moon first... But because he truly was a great American with lots of achievements. He truly 'did his best' in everything.
I remember watching it on TV. It's hard to conceive of some of these guys as actual people, but yeah, they're mortal. This guy left a footprint that will last basically forever. I feel honored merely that my life and his overlapped.
I remember very clearly, two days after my sixth birthday, watching a fuzzy black & white TV picture of a man that became one of my few childhood heros step foot on a far away world that I could go out the back door and look at in amazement.