Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon, but he has shunned publicity ever since. Destined for Elvis-caliber celebrityhood, he instead has left a relatively tiny footprint on the vacation landscape. There are plenty of science museum...
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Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon, but he has shunned publicity ever since. Destined for Elvis-caliber celebrityhood, he instead has left a relatively tiny footprint on the vacation landscape. There are plenty of science museum recreations of the 1969 landing, space-suited figures in gold mirror faceplates, even some cheesy pose-with-a-spaceman wax museum scenes. But the closest you could get to the aura of the world's most famous spaceman was to see his "moon machete," or the spot where he first flew a plane at age six. Less bashful moonwalker #2, Buzz Aldrin, has grabbed most of the media spotlight. Now a third Neil Armstrong attraction has arrived, and it addresses the tiny footprint problem, kind of. On October 26, 2007, Armstrong's alma mater, Perdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, unveiled a statue of Armstrong. He's not wearing his moon suit, but is instead depicted as a clean-cut 1950s engineering student, wearing cuffed khakis and penny loafers, his... See less 
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