First authorized bio of Neil Armstrong
CINCINNATI, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A former curator of aeronautics at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington has written the only authorized
biography of astronaut Neil Armstrong.
James R. Hansen, who was also a NASA historian, said it was his students
at Auburn University who urged him to continue to seek the cooperation
of the man who first stepped on the moon to participate in the biography
after he initially refused, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Friday.
"He offered comments to correct facts and to make sure I got technical
things explained as clearly as possible," Hansen told the Enquirer. "But
he did not try to change any interpretations or analysis."
The death of 2-year-old Karen Armstrong from a brain tumor might have
had a bearing in Armstrong's decision to throw his name into astronaut
selection, Hansen said.
In the many books written about the 75-year-old former astronaut, it's
been said that Armstrong had been thinking of going to the moon since he
was a boy, but Hansen said that's not true.
"Neil was all about airplanes," he said.
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