A Man Beyond

The great state of Ohio has produced 25 NASA astronauts. Or, as I heard it phrased for most of my childhood: “what is it about this state that makes people want to flee the Earth?” Every day, I pass the John Glenn School of Public Affairs on my way to class at Ohio State University. Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and an Ohio native, went on to become a memorable senator and public leader. It is a reminder that Ohio is not only home to a large number of astronauts, but to some of the best-known. One of the greatest of these Ohio astronauts, Neil Armstrong, passed away at the end of August. But unlike Glenn, Armstrong chose to live his post-spacefaring days as far from the limelight as possible.

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