why was Nell Armstrong fired from NASA?

Answer 1

Armstrong announced shortly after the Apollo 11 flight that he planned not to fly in space again. He was appointed to be the Deputy Associate Administrator for aeronautics for the Office of Advanced Research and Technology. He would serve in this position for only 13 months, resigning from it and NASA as a whole in August 1971. He had accepted a teaching position at the University of Cincinnati engineering department.

He decided on Cincinnati over other universities (even his alma mater Purdue) as it had a small department and he hoped that the faculty members would not be annoyed that he had come straight into a professorship without a doctorate. His highest qualification was a masters from the University of Southern California that he finally completed after Apollo 11 by presenting a report on various aspects of Apollo instead of a thesis on simulation of hypersonic flight. The official job title he received at Cincinnati was University Professor of aerospace engineering. After teaching for 8 years he resigned in 1979 due to other commitments and changes in the university structure from independent municipal school to state-school.[32]


When he left NASA, he would have been 40 or 41 years old (not an active duty astronaut at that time) - so mandatory retirement would not have been the case.

Answer 2

Because Nell was not as good as Niel

Answer 3

Because he reached the age limit for NASA employees.

Answer 4

Because NELL refused to mop the floor.

Answer 5

yes....
5....4......3.....2......1..... ignition.........fired!!.. ' this is one small step for MR armstrong one big leap to retire as a burgar flipper at Mc'dogalds"