Editing Neil Armstrong (section)

=== Business activities ===
After Armstrong retired from NASA in 1971, he acted as a spokesman for several businesses. The first company to successfully approach him was [[Chrysler]], for whom he appeared in advertising starting in January 1979. Armstrong thought they had a strong engineering division, and they were in financial difficulty. He later acted as a spokesman for other American companies, including General Time Corporation and the Bankers Association of America.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|p=595}} He acted as a spokesman for only American companies.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|p=596}}

In addition to his duties as a spokesman, he also served on the board of directors of several companies. The first company board Armstrong joined was [[Gates Learjet]], chairing their technical committee. He flew their new and experimental jets and even set a climb and altitude record for business jets. Armstrong became a member of [[Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company]]'s board in 1973. They were interested in nuclear power and wanted to increase the company's technical competence. He served on the board of [[Taft Broadcasting]], also based in Cincinnati. Armstrong joined the board of solid rocket booster [[Thiokol]] in 1989, after previously serving on the Rogers Commission which found that the [[Space Shuttle]] ''Challenger'' was destroyed due to a defect in the Thiokol-manufactured solid rocket boosters. When Armstrong left the University of Cincinnati, he became the chairman of Cardwell International Ltd., a company that manufactured drilling rigs. He served on additional aerospace boards, first [[United Airlines]] in 1978, and later [[Eaton Corporation]] in 1980. He was asked to chair the board of directors for a subsidiary of Eaton, AIL Systems. He chaired the board through the company's 2000 merger with [[EDO Corporation]], until his retirement in 2002.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|pp=596–598}}<ref>{{cite press release |title=EDO Corporation CEO James M. Smith to become Chairman upon retirement of Neil A. Armstrong |publisher=EDO Corporation |date=February 8, 2000 |url=http://www.edocorp.com/pr2002/02r0208.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017094755/http://www.edocorp.com/pr2002/02r0208.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2006 |access-date=July 1, 2006}}</ref>