Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong was born on Aug. 5, 1930. He was born in Ohio. He had a brother and a sister.
He was in the Boy Scouts of America. Armstrong flew in an airplane when he was 6. That flight
made him love airplanes. He attended Blume High School in Ohio.Armstrong went to college at
Purdue University. While he was in college, he left to serve in the U.S. Navy. He flew planes
during the Korean War. Then he came back to college and finished the degree he had started. He
later earned a master's degree too.Before he was an astronaut, Armstrong worked for a group that
studied airplanes. That group later became part of NASA. He flew several planes for them. He
also helped design planes. One of the aircraft he flew was the X-15 rocket plane. This plane flew
very high and very fast. It set record.Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962. He was in the
second group of astronauts ever chosen. He was the commander of Gemini 8 in 1966. He flew on
that mission with David Scott. They were the first astronauts to dock, or connect, two vehicles in
space.

Hotman Paris

Hotman Paris Hutapea (born 20 October 1959 in Laguboti, North Sumatra) is an Indonesian lawyer,
famous for his flamboyant style, his high-profile clients, his sports cars and his mistresses.Hotman was
born on 20 October 1959 in Laguboti village, North Sumatra. He was the sixth of 10 children in a
Protestant Batak family.[3] His first name was taken from the Batak word hotma, which means 'steady'.
His father ran an intercity bus company called Bintang Utara and often had to live away from home in
the North Sumatra capital of Medan. His mother remained at Laguboti and encouraged the children to
eat healthily, especially fish and papaya leaves, so they would develop high IQs. Eight of the 10 children
became university graduates.[4]

Hotman had planned to study at Indonesia's prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology but failed to
pass the entrance exam. He said he knew the answers but did not know how to fill in the answer sheet.
Consequently, he applied to study law at Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, West Java. He
said he had never dreamed of being a lawyer because he used to meet unemployed people with law
degrees. Despite his initial lack of enthusiasm, Hotman enjoyed his studies and achieved high scores,
becoming the Law Faculty's first student to complete the course in three and a half years.[5] He
graduated in 1981After Hotman graduated from law school, one of his lecturer’s friends advised him to
approach the Jakarta law office of O.C. Kaligis. He took a bus to the office at a shop-house complex in
Glodok area and applied for a job. Working for Kaligis, Hotman had his first experience of court. "One
time, O.C. Kaligis told me to come to East Jakarta District Court. Actually, it was just a regular court
session. However, since that first experience of a trial, this leg can’t keep still. It’s always shaking,” he
said.[7] Later in 1982, he briefly joined senior lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution's firm Nasution Lubis
Hadiputranto.
Hotman was recruited by Bank Indonesia because of his high academic achievement. He quit after one
year, later saying he realized he would never get rich there.[8]

In 1983, Hotman took a job with Makarim & Taira S, a firm specializing in international corporate law.
Over 1987-1998, he did some work for the firm’s Australian affiliate, Freehill, Hollingdale & Page. In
1998, he spoke out against foreign lawyers in Indonesia.[9] He left Makarim & Taira S to set up on his
own firm, Hotman Paris Hutapea & Partners in 1999. His firm focuses on international finance litigation
and dispute resolution.[10] He became famous for helping Indonesian conglomerates write off foreign
debt, often arguing their original arrangements were illegal under Indonesian law.[11]