Yeah a bit, but also at that time we knew far less about the environment of the moon. There was speculation that the dust may be so deep and soft that it’d engulf the lander. There was little way of knowing how the suits would do out in that environment, and radiation is a real threat when there’s no atmosphere or magnetosphere. Being first could have been a suicidal test for all we knew, so in some ways being first was definitely notable.

I’ve heard he doesn’t like being called “the second”, like he lost a race or something. The only reason he got out second was because it was physically impossible for him to get around Neil to get out the door, the way the capsule was built.