Cincinnati: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has never felt comfortable with the celebrity status he achieved. In fact, it puzzles him.
"Friends and colleagues all of a sudden treated us differently than they had months or years before when we were working together," Armstrong said.
Armstrong?s authorised biography, First Man: The Life of Neil A Armstrong, will soon hit bookstores.
James R Hansen who authored Armstrong?s biography, is an Auburn University professor and former NASA historian. Hansen was allowed more than 50 hours of recorded interviews with Armstrong in his suburban Cincinnati home.
On July 20, 1969, Armstrong, then 38, stepped onto the moon. In the years since, he has taught at the University of Cincinnati and served on corporate boards, all the while rejecting interview requests.
In an e-mail response to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Armstrong said he reluctantly agreed to the book deal.
"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."
Armstrong added that he believed the author should have access to his recollections and thoughts although the author will not be bound to use or accept them.
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