"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:34:30 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Those guys were very stupid/very brave/both.

They we also very intelligent. I have met some of them.

True - Armstrong left NASA and became a prof of engineering.
What many forget is that generation of astronauts weren't just test
pilots or fighter jocks, they were the first of the academically
qualified ones too. Many/most of them had Masters or Honours in some
Engineering or Aeronautical/Space discipline.

Stupid? Anything but.

Ok, I'll substitute insane/crazy, intelligent idiots if you will (we all
know a few of those). How else would you describe folk who are prepared to
trust their lives to thousands of bits of kit designed and built by
thousands of others, all needing to work. I absolutely applaud what they did
but think they were a touch lucky.