Neil Armstrong is dead

This really makes me feel old.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is dead of complications from a coronary bypass at age 82.

I suppose Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, might rival Armstrong as a modern candidate for admission to the same club as Christopher Columbus, Admiral Peary, Roald Amunson, and the other great explorers of history. But one thing is certain: Armstrong is a member of the most exclusive club in history: those who have been first in doing something that truly matters for the human race.