http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1974/jul-aug/oberg.html
I actually thinks this is why lots of pop celebrities drift into self-destruction, too: the "melancholy of all things."
thank you for the article. Here’s an interesting excerpt:
“While none of us is likely to repeat his first journey for a decade or more...” Written in 1974.
It’s now almost 40 years since we accomplished the feat.