Yes, I hate to be a naysayer, but I agree with you. First, my sympathies for his death, it is the clearly the mark of an end of an era, just as with the death of other astronauts from early programs in both Russia and the USA.
But it was a team effort, and probably the engineer in Armstrong recognized that all the attention paid to him for being 'first' was popular hype, but not really the truth. Clearly, Armstrong did his part that no one else could
at the time, he was highly skilled for the task, but had he died or had a mishap enroute, Aldrin was there to substitute. Had the entire crew been killed, they had backup, and more backup for backups. Why is so much not discussed about Collins? Without him and the command module, they'd never get back? What about all the engineers in NASA supporting the effort, who built the ships, and monitored the flight? The contractors who provide all the systems?
Armstrong was the tip of an iceberg, but the great bulk of it was underwater. May he RIP.
Sad a man died, but I don't understand the overhyping of it.
Sure he did walk on some planet, sure they buit some missile.
But they were +1000 man to do it at Nasa, who cares who got elected to take some footstep on that planet, and when.
I'm more interested in the control and safety mecanisms, eventually the people who developed that.