Editing Neil Armstrong (section)

=== Public profile ===
[[File:Neil Armstrong, 1999.jpg|thumb|upright|Armstrong in 1999]]
Armstrong's family described him as a "reluctant American hero".<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |title=Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon, dead at 82 |date=August 26, 2012 |url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-dead-at-82-1.607011 |access-date=February 28, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172524/https://www.thenational.ae/uae/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-dead-at-82-1.607011 |archive-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/content/neil-armstrong-praised-as-a-reluctant-american-hero |date=August 30, 2012 |title=Neil Armstrong Praised as a Reluctant American Hero |first=Bob |last=Granath |publisher=NASA |access-date=July 8, 2018 |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902042741/https://www.nasa.gov/content/neil-armstrong-praised-as-a-reluctant-american-hero/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Neil Armstrong a 'reluctant American hero': family |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=August 25, 2012 |first=Olivia |last=Hampton |access-date=July 8, 2018 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/neil-armstrong-a-reluctant-american-hero-family/article4499479/}}</ref> He kept a low profile later in his life, leading to the belief that he was a recluse.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/26/opinion/seymour-armstrong-appreciation/index.html |title=Neil Armstrong, a hero who shunned fame |last1=Seymour |first1=Gene |publisher=CNN|date=August 27, 2012|access-date=June 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="wapo1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901771.html |title=Neil Armstrong Took One Small Step, Then Made a Giant Retreat Into Private Life |last1=Farhi |first1=Paul |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 20, 2009|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> Recalling Armstrong's humility, [[John Glenn]], the first American to orbit Earth, told CNN: "[Armstrong] didn't feel that he should be out huckstering himself. He was a humble person, and that's the way he remained after his lunar flight, as well as before."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=Tributes paid to Neil Armstrong, the humblest of American heroes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/9500380/Tributes-paid-to-Neil-Armstrong-the-humblest-of-American-heroes.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/9500380/Tributes-paid-to-Neil-Armstrong-the-humblest-of-American-heroes.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |date=August 26, 2013 |access-date=July 8, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Armstrong turned down most requests for interviews and public appearances. Michael Collins said in his book ''Carrying the Fire'' that when Armstrong moved to a dairy farm to become a college professor, it was like he "retreated to his castle and pulled up the drawbridge". Armstrong found this amusing, and said, "...{{nbsp}}those of us that live out in the hinterlands think that people that live inside the [[Capital Beltway|Beltway]] are the ones that have the problems."{{sfn|Shapiro|2012|pp=9, 267, 268}}

Andrew Chaikin says in ''A Man on the Moon'' that Armstrong kept a low profile but was not a recluse, citing his participation in interviews, advertisements for Chrysler, and hosting a cable television series.{{sfn|Chaikin|2007|pp=568–570}} Between 1991 and 1993, he hosted ''[[First Flights with Neil Armstrong]]'', an [[aviation history]] documentary series on [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]].{{sfn|Shapiro|2012|pp=9, 267, 268}} In 2010, Armstrong voiced the character of Dr. Jack Morrow in ''[[Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/09/quantum-quest/ |title=NASA Footage Sets Scene for Quantum Quest Movie |magazine=Wired |first=Hugh |last=Hart |date=March 9, 2010 |access-date=February 28, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301224818/https://www.wired.com/2010/09/quantum-quest/ |archive-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref> an animated educational sci-fi adventure film initiated by JPL/NASA through a grant from Jet Propulsion Lab.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quantum Quest |publisher=jupiter9productions.com |url=http://jupiter9productions.com/news.aspx |access-date=October 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108191010/http://jupiter9productions.com/News.aspx |archive-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>

Armstrong guarded the use of his name, image, and famous quote. When it was launched in 1981, [[MTV]] wanted to use his quote in its [[station identification]], with the American flag replaced with the MTV logo, but he refused the use of his voice and likeness.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Anson |first=Robert Sam |title=Birth of an MTV Nation |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=November 2000 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2000/11/mtv200011?printable=true&currentPage=allPittman |access-date=March 4, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227164327/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2000/11/mtv200011?printable=true&currentPage=allPittman |archive-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> He sued [[Hallmark Cards]] in 1994, when they used his name, and a recording of the "one small step" quote, in a Christmas ornament without his permission. The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, which Armstrong donated to Purdue.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|p=628}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Neil Armstrong, Hallmark Settle |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=December 2, 1995 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/12/02/neil-armstrong-hallmark-settle/ |access-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103194725/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-12-02/business/9512020040_1_neil-armstrong-hallmark-cards-ornament |archive-date=January 3, 2011}}</ref>

For many years, he wrote letters congratulating new Eagle Scouts on their accomplishment, but decided to quit the practice in the 1990s because he felt the letters should be written by people who knew the scout. (In 2003, he received 950{{nbsp}}congratulation requests.) This contributed to the myth of his reclusiveness.{{sfn|Hansen|2012|pp=622–623}} Armstrong used to autograph everything except [[first day cover]]s. Around 1993, he found out his signatures were being sold online, and that most of them were forgeries, and stopped giving autographs.<ref name="wapo1" />