 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Armstrong akagadzwa kukomisheni ine mitezo gumi nemina naPurezidhendi Reagan kuti agadzire gadziriro yenzendo dzomuchadenga dzavagari vemo veAmerica muzana ramakore rechi 21. Komisheni yacho yaitungamirirwa neaichimbova mutariri weNASA Dr. Thomas O. Paine, uyo Armstrong akanga ashanda naye panguva yepurogiramu yeApollo. Boka racho rakabudisa bhuku rine musoro unoti Pioneering the Space Frontier: The Report on the National Commission on Space, richikurudzira kuti pave nenzvimbo inogara iri paMwedzi panosvika gore ra2006, uye kutumira vanhu kuMars panosvika gore ra2015. Zvikurudziro zvacho zvakasiiwa zvikurukuru, zvichiputirwa nenjodzi yeChallenger. 