>>13310131I'm extremely in favor of space travel, and that is the one thing that I like about him, regardless of all other things. If that is the sole reason you like him, I won't criticize you for it, but as a cultural icon, he's deeply flawed.
One can argue that having him as the figurehead of space exploration brings us closer to that goal, so even if most of the mythology around him is fake, that doesn't matter. That is an empirical question, but I won't let that hinder me from criticizing him on this croatian model train enthusiast forum.
TL;DR Yes I agree space good, he space. But name another thing and we'll see if his story holds up.