I thought of that Jethro Tull song too.
Thank you. Was just going to link this marvelous song of tribute from Ian Anderson writer and principal leader of Jethro Tull. Some piercing commentary of the anthropoids on Earth who stare in fascination at the TV and the marvel that was that mission.
Anderson’s view was that Michael Collins was in the Command Module and a “blip” on the radar to the two walking on the moon— the loneliness of it all (he wished he was walking with them— a truly awesome feat in the history of Mankind).
Irritated as usual with NPR— Collins was NOT forgotten in the least, only by little dweebie millenial nobodies on public radio, brainless and trivial as always.
Collins led a very directed and principled life, and accomplished a great deal, as a role model, test pilot and highly intelligent American hero. Can believe that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were very GLAD to have him piloting the module to rendevous and dock with them, so they could return home. Collins trained in addition for the possibility they might have crashed on the surface and died- and he would pilot himself back to Earth.
The bravery and eeriness of this still is humbling. God Bless the memory of Michael Colling. And thanks again from a fellow Tull fan.