It is quite interesting and encouraging to see NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] getting engaged on a mission to the sun through the parker solar Probe spacecraft. This is a commendable task by all the scientists involved. Kudos and hats off to them all. There can be no arguments as to why the American astronaut Neil Armstrong has long been the talking point for all the science lovers in the world, especially in the common public. It was a wondrous occasion when Armstrong became the first person in the world to set foot on the Moon and it made him a world famous personality over night. Yet not a lot of people like to think of the willpower, the energy, the passion and the knowledge that this American astronaut had to acquire to travel to space in first place, and then to have the courage to accomplish what he did. Exploring the world is always interesting, as it reveals to human beings many of the mysteries surrounding our very existence. I often try to observe the beautiful things in the sky myself, a habit I picked up when I was just a kid. However, the fact is that the majority of us do not have the proper system in place to explore outer space, and we need more planetariums, that should be made available to the common public to raise interest and awareness for planetary systems. Most space explorers like Neil Armstrong started off by observing the cosmos through a telescope, and more children should provided with this opportunity as well, so that we can many more Armstrongs in the future as well. P SENTHIL SARAVANA DURAI Mumbai, India Published in Daily Times, August 15th 2018.