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[i]Forty-five years ago, this week, 123 million of us watched Neil and Buzz step onto the moon. In 1969, we numbered about 200 million, so more than half of America was in the audience that day. Neil Armstrong instantly became a household name, an icon, a hero. And then — and this, I bet, you didn't know — just as quickly, he faded away. "Whatever Happened to Neil Whosis?" asked the Chicago Tribune in 1974. This is a missing chapter in the space exploration story. We like to think that after Apollo 11, the first duo on the moon became legendary. We know the names Aldrin and Armstrong now (or, at least many of us do), and we imagine they've been honored and admired all this time, the way we honor our favorite presidents, athletes, and war heroes. But that's not what happened. In his new book, "No Requiem for the Space Age," describes how only a year after the landing, a vast majority of Americans couldn't remember Neil Armstrong's name...[/i]
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