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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