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Armstrong was active in the Boy Scouts and he eventually earned the rank of Eagle Scout
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was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America with its Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and Silver Buffalo Award
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July 18, 1969, while flying towards the Moon inside the Columbia, he greeted the Scouts: "I'd like to say hello to all my fellow Scouts and Scouters at Farragut State Park in Idaho having a National Jamboree there this week; and Apollo 11 would like to send them best wishes". Houston replied: "Thank you, Apollo 11. I'm sure that, if they didn't hear that, they'll get the word through the news. Certainly appreciate that
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only the second person in his family to attend college
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college tuition was paid for under the Holloway Plan — successful applicants committed to two years of study, followed by three years of service in the United States Navy, then completion of the final two years of the degree
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Armstrong held honorary doctorates from a number of universities.[11]
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On January 27, 1967, the date of the Apollo 1 fire, Armstrong was in Washington, D.C., with Gordon Cooper, Dick Gordon, Jim Lovell and Scott Carpenter for the signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty.
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returned to the Georgetown Inn, where they each found messages to phone the Manned Spacecraft Center
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they learned of the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee
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Adjusting the lander's flight path was especially tricky; with the craft balanced on rocket thrust, changing direction required tilting the entire spacecraft slightly to one side
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Armstrong privately concluded that they had a 90 percent chance of returning safely to Earth but only a 50–50 chance of pulling off a successful landing.
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Under the control of the computer, the lander was heading directly for a football stadium–size crater
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Armstrong was tempted by the idea of trying to set down just shy of those boulders, which he knew would be of great interest to scientists on Earth. But they were going too fast; there were just too many rocks. Armstrong took over from the computer, steering Eagle over the giant crater and the boulder field, and flew onward, hunting for safer ground
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it was crucial to land without any sideways motion, lest they risk tipping over at touchdown
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The blast of the descent rocket was kicking up moon dust
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Armstrong fixed his gaze on rocks sticking up through the blowing dust; using them as reference points
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guided Eagle slowly downward, about as fast as an elevator
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