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Armstrong uncomfortable with moon story { July 20 1969 }

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Astronaut Armstrong grants rare interview
Associated Press

CINCINNATI - One small step on the moon was easy compared with celebrity for Neil Armstrong.

The first man to walk on the moon is still puzzled by the fame that event brought him.

"Friends and colleagues all of a sudden looked at us, treated us slightly differently than they had months or years before when we were working together," the Apollo 11 astronaut told "60 Minutes" in an interview to be broadcast tonight at 6 on CBS. "I never quite understood that."

Armstrong, 75, rarely grants interviews. He agreed to one last month just before his authorized biography, "First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong," hit bookstores.

On July 20, 1969, Armstrong, then 38, stepped onto the moon with the famous words: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Since then, he has taught at the University of Cincinnati and served on corporate boards while rejecting interview requests.

In an e-mail response to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Armstrong said he reluctantly agreed to the book with author James R. Hansen, an Auburn University professor and former NASA historian.

"Many individuals whose opinions I value have urged me to find a way to put my story in print," Armstrong said. "I concluded a biography would be superior to an autobiography."



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