"In September 2012, one month after Armstrong died, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that confirmed the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts had legal title their mementos."
Which explains why he never told anyone about them, their ownership was unclear and while deeply significant to Armstrong the artifacts could easily have been confiscated by NASA and put in some dusty vault to rot away like the suits they wore mostly did before being rescued.
Which explains why he never told anyone about them, their ownership was unclear and while deeply significant to Armstrong the artifacts could easily have been confiscated by NASA and put in some dusty vault to rot away like the suits they wore mostly did before being rescued.