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Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong after his historic moonwalk. Credit: NASA
On a warm summer's night in the middle of nowhere, I found out that Neil Armstrong had passed away. A famously reclusive man who inspired generations to go where no one had gone before. In part, he was the reason I wanted to become an engineer. With the steady decline of NASA's budget and mandate since his walk, I'm not sure young kids will have the same dreams to strive for.