Man... Neil Armstrong. He had a profound effect on my generation, as well as me personally. Space travel and walking around on the Moon became reality for me, largely because of him and the Apollo program & astronauts.

Particularly growing up in Houston, where a great deal of that took place. Even as a little kid, it was our cultural identity. You were surrounded by it constantly and I loved it. I went to Ed White Elementary, my high school was home of the Apollos, our baseball team is the Astros, we were referred to as Space City (the police still have that on their uniform logo), first word spoken from the moon, home of Mission Control, etc, etc.

I'm not going to lie fellas, this news brought the day down for me.

RIP, Mr. Armstrong.