European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Be his for not talk Eil Armstrong was the first Man to walk on the Moon and the least inclined to talk about it. A Quarter Century Hasni to changed that. His two Apollo 11 Crew mates have written books about the experience and shared their deepest thoughts and emotions about the first manned lunar a Landing Mission. But Armstrong has  Book offers and interview requests. Americans most famous astronaut is also its most private. Armstrong a description for instance of his Moonwalk at a pos flight press conference in 1969 a it was a pleasant  his View of How the Moonwalk changed his life at a 20-year anniversary press conference in 1989. A before 1969, the press conferences were much smaller.�?�. This from the Man who composed at virtually the last minute the most moving and eloquent speech Ever Given in space. A a that a one Small step for a Man one giant leap for Mankind a Armstrong said As his left foot touched the lunar dust on july 20, 1969. Armstrong has even less to say about Apollo 11 on the 25th anniversary. He offers this impersonal As Neil Armstrong receives an honorary doctorate from University of Maryland president Ray  at the schools commencement in Heidelberg Germany in 1971. Seism Cut in the introduction to a newly released Book written by Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Donald a de key Slayton a history will remember the 20th Century for two technological developments atomic Energy and space flight. One threatened the extinction of society one offered a survival . Tired of talking about Apollo 11, Armstrong is avoiding reporters even ceremonies this Silver anniversary year. His office in Lebanon Ohio refuses to say what he does but makes it Clear he does riot do interviews. Many of the other Moon men Are sympathetic. A a he a care monies out done to you reckon a says Apollo 16 commander John Young the ninth Man on the Moon. Such reticence a purely reinforces the mystery surrounding Armstrong a 63-Ycar-old Engineer and former test Pilot who by skill hard work and Chance became the first human to set foot on another world. A a he a not a shy person. He a a quiet person a says Larry Cargnino professor emeritus of aeronautical engineering at Purdue University who taught Armstrong in the Early 1950s. A the feeling i get is that he was paid to do a Job and he did the Job a says John Zwez manager of the Neil Armstrong air and space museum in Wapakoneta Ohio Armstrong a Hometown. Armstrong was superbly qualified for the Job fighter Pilot in Korea test Pilot one of Only two i. Milians selected for the second astronaut group in 1962, gemini 8 command Pilot backup commander of Apollo 8 and finally commander of Apollo 11. Head proven his Mettle again and again. He had to. Gain control of his tumbling gemini 8 spacecraft in 1966 and bring it Down Early and he ejected from a lunar Lander training device in 1968 just before it crashed in flames in Houston. As it turns out Armstrong had to contend with flashing cd Putor alarm lights and was forced to Dodge boulders arid seek out a Safe Landing spot on 7 the Moon for himself and Buzz Aldrin As Michael Collins waited nervously in the command ship. Armstrong had about 15 seconds of fuel remaining when the Eagle touched Down on the sea of Tranquility. Armstrong left Nasa two years later and taught engineering at the University of Cincinnati until 1979. He has been in business Ever since. A i  think of a better Guy to be the first on the Moon than Neil Quot says Apollo 16�?Ts Young. A a Marcia Dunn Moon memories Buzz Aldrin was the second Man to walk on the Moon. But hey he was the first to go to the bathroom there. He also was the first to change his name after returning Home and the first to Fly in space with Homer Simpson. Aldrin told about the Call of nature in his 1973 autobiography return to Earth. A Neil Armstrong Quot might have been the first Man to step on the Moon but i was the first to pee in his pants on the Moon a Aldrin wrote. Quot i was of course linked up with the urine collection device but it was a unique feeling. The whole world was watching but i was the Only one who knew what they were really  As for the second first Aldrin legally changed his first name to Buzz in the 1970s after his father died. Head been born Edwin a Aldrin or. And hated the name. Besides everyone knew him As Buzz. Aldrin 64, spent years struggling with mental depression and alcoholism after Apollo 11. He left Nasa two years after the Mission and became commandant of the test Pilot school at Edwards fab in California but soon retired from that too. More drinking followed along with space consulting jobs. He says he Hasni to had a drink in More than 15 years. Aldrin lives with his third wife Lois in Laguna Beach Calif. Aldrin always the super achiever had a Long list of accomplishments by the time Nasa chose him for the third astronaut group in 1963 third in his class at West Point fighter Pilot in Korea air Force officer . In astronautics. He was the Best mathematician in the astronaut corps. After flying on gemini 12 in 1966, Aldrin was assigned with Armstrong to the backup Crew for Nasa Michael Collins Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin with mock up of lunar module shortly before flight. Apollo 8, the first manned flight to orbit the Moon. That put them in Tine for Apollo 11, the first manned Moon Landing. Michael Collins joined them. The Issue of which Man would be first to leave the lunar Lander was As Aldrin says a a hot  Aldrin thought he should be first since commanders always were last to leave their ships Nasa went with Armstrong however based on seniority and his commander status. The fact that Armstrong was a civilian was a plus. Marcia Dun Collins the one who did no to land Ichael Collins was a the forgotten Man Quot during the Apollo 11 lunar Landing. While two others were walking on the Moons Dusty surface he was the one circling overhead. Head just As soon be forgotten now too. Twenty five years after the first manned lunar Landing Mission Collins 63, is turning Down inter. View requests. What he wants to say he says in his space books. He a working on no. 5. Book no. 1 a a 1974 autobiography titled carry my the fire a is one of the beef books written by an astronaut about the space program. A i really Felt this pressure a he writes a this awesome sense of responsibility weighing me Down this completely negative sensation this commandment which said a thou Shalt not screw up a and his thoughts on Armstrong and Aldrin a liftoff from the Moon a i have never sweated out any flight like i am sweating out the pm lunar module now. My secret terror for the last six months has been leaving them on the Moon and returning to Earth alone now i am within minutes of finding out the truth of the matter. If they fail to Rise from the surface or crash Back. Into it i am not going to commit suicide i am coming Home forthwith but i will be a marked Man for life and i know it. Almost better not to have the of. Tion i  a. Apollo 11 was the second space flight for Collins an air Force officer and test Pilot. He flew on gemini 10 in 1966, three years after being accepted into the third astronaut group. Collins is retired and lives with his wife of 37 years Pat at Homes in Cape Hatteras n.c., and Marco Island Fla. Marcia Dunn july 17,1994 sunday. Pages