Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90 nytimes.com/2021/04/28/sci…
godspeed michael collins, a pioneer. i always think about the fortitude to be an explorer, to go that far, but because of duty, to *not* land on the lunar surface. guts and selflessness.
collins was arguably the most "alone" person in humanity for the duration of the landing 
when you have to take your buddies to the moon and they really need you to do it but you can't go onto the moon yourself.
“I am alone now, truly alone, and absolutely isolated from any known life,” he wrote in recreating his thoughts for his 1974 memoir, “Carrying the Fire.”
i saw buzz aldrin in person once, now the only one of the apollo 11 astronauts still alive. it was at the national book festival in dc. he drove around in a scooter and people spontaneously applauded every time he passed by. it was one of the coolest things ive ever seen.
heres a pic of buzz from the presentation he gave about going to mars
*correction: he wasnt in a scooter, i dunno why i thought he was
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