Neil Armstrong breaks his silence to give accountants moon exclusive

[zorgon]

Neil Armstrong breaks his silence to give accountants moon exclusive

Notoriously reclusive Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gives video interview to Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia
    News
    Science
    Space

Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong breaks his silence to give accountants moon exclusive

Notoriously reclusive Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gives video interview to Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia
Alok Jha, science correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 May 2012 13.22 EDT


Armstrong leads his crewmates to the launchpad. He believed there was only a 50% chance of a successful moon landing. Photograph: Getty

As the first person to walk on the moon, he is a man whose name will be remembered for generations to come. But one of the other well-known things about Neil Armstrong is that he hardly ever gives interviews.

It was therefore something of a coup for Alex Malley, chief executive of Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia, to secure almost an hour of Armstrong's time to discuss the astronaut's trip to the moon.

In the illuminating conversation posted online on the CPA Australia website, Armstrong revealed how he thought his mission, Apollo 11, only had a 50% chance of landing safely on the moon's surface and said it was "sad" that the current US government's ambitions for Nasa were so reduced compared with the achievements of the 1960s.

Neil Armstrong breaks his silence to give accountants moon exclusive

An Audience with Neil Armstrong

[zorgon]