Buzz Aldrin explains why Neil Armstrong was the first person on the moon Apollo11
Most people assume that NASA always planned for Armstrong to be the first person to step out onto the moon because of his rank. Armstrong was commander of Apollo 11 and Aldrin was the lunar module pilot. Michael Collins stayed behind in lunar orbit as command module pilot.to mark the 45th anniversary of the historic mission, Aldrin described the uniqueness of NASA's decision to have Armstrong walk on the moon first.
"In all previous missions, if someone, a crew member, was to spacewalk, it was always the junior person, not the space commander who would stay inside," Aldrin wrote. At least one team at NASA though the junior person should go out first, Aldrin wrote,"but many people felt the great symbology of the commander [taking that responsibility]."
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