Welcome aboard, Jnamiyo.
Usually I'm a big complainer about resurrecting old threads, but this was a good one and your post was worth it.
I would disagree though on those men being "super". People are defined by their times, and ordinary people are made extraordinary by their circumstances. They did great things and deserve our admiration and their place in history, but they would be the first to tell us there was nothing special about them. They did the jobs that were asked of them, and got on with their lives.