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Has anyone ever remarked on your resemblance to Fred Haise, Don?
L to R: Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11), Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7), Al Worden (Apollo 15), Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9), Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17), Michael Collins (Apollo 11) and Fred Haise (Apollo 13)
Well, we know he suffered a major emotional depression after his return to earth (see his memoir of that title). Maybe he never quite got his feet back under him. But I love the way he clobbered that denier...
"A man who once got punched in the face by astronaut Buzz Aldrin says he still doesn't believe mankind's set foot on the moon.
This weekened marked the 50th anniversary of what's widely considered humanity's greatest achievement - the Apollo 11 mission, which saw Aldrin and Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the Earth's only natural satellite.
But despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, sceptics remain unconvinced.
Bart Sibrel is perhaps the most infamous. In 2002 the filmmaker and conspiracy theorist tricked Aldrin into thinking he was about to be interviewed on a Japanese TV show. Instead he asked the second man to walk on the moon to swear on the Bible he'd really done it.
When Aldrin refused Sibrel accused him of lying, and forced him up against a wall. Aldrin, then 72, socked the 37-year-old in the face.
"I was very surprised that he hit me. I thought it was very foolish of him to do it in front of two video cameras," Sibrel told reporters at the time. "He has a good punch. It was quick, too. I didn't see it coming." https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/07/conspiracy-theorist-who-got-punched-by-buzz-aldrin-in-the-face-still-believes-the-moon-landing-was-faked.html
NYT: Buzz Aldrin Returned From the Moon. Then His Real Adventure Began
>Some Apollo astronauts struggled to adjust to life on Earth. It’s something we can all relate to.
"...For Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Aldrin and Mr. Collins, their experiences back on earth reflected their differing characters. Post-Apollo, Mr. Armstrong resigned from NASA and quietly took on a teaching job at the University of Cincinnati. He died in 2012. Mr. Collins became director of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum.
Today, at 88, Mr. Collins says he doesn’t think a lot about Apollo 11 — “I can’t say I wake up every morning thinking, Oh, Apollo 11, blah blah. I may, in normal times, go a month or two without thinking about it. But when I do, it comes back with a great deal of clarity, more than I would have guessed.”
Of the three, Mr. Aldrin, now 89, seems to have had the hardest re-entry. He drank. He had affairs, and got divorced, and remarried, and divorced again. He wound up in the hospital, crushed by depression.
At one celebratory banquet, Mr. Aldrin was breathlessly asked, “Tell us how it really felt to be on the moon!”
Afterward, he rushed outside into an alley and wept.
It’s a heartbreaking story, but it’s hard not to recognize something familiar in this moment. Only 12 Earthlings have known the exhilaration of standing on the moon. But most of us know what it is like to feel despair, to wonder whether we are up to the challenges that our lives demand.
Don’t know if he’s just a free spirit or got hit by some cosmic rays on an EVA. I thought that was Don on the far right��
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever remarked on your resemblance to Fred Haise, Don?
DeleteL to R: Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11), Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7), Al Worden (Apollo 15), Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9), Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17), Michael Collins (Apollo 11) and Fred Haise (Apollo 13)
Well, we know he suffered a major emotional depression after his return to earth (see his memoir of that title). Maybe he never quite got his feet back under him. But I love the way he clobbered that denier...
ReplyDelete"A man who once got punched in the face by astronaut Buzz Aldrin says he still doesn't believe mankind's set foot on the moon.
This weekened marked the 50th anniversary of what's widely considered humanity's greatest achievement - the Apollo 11 mission, which saw Aldrin and Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the Earth's only natural satellite.
But despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, sceptics remain unconvinced.
Bart Sibrel is perhaps the most infamous. In 2002 the filmmaker and conspiracy theorist tricked Aldrin into thinking he was about to be interviewed on a Japanese TV show. Instead he asked the second man to walk on the moon to swear on the Bible he'd really done it.
When Aldrin refused Sibrel accused him of lying, and forced him up against a wall. Aldrin, then 72, socked the 37-year-old in the face.
"I was very surprised that he hit me. I thought it was very foolish of him to do it in front of two video cameras," Sibrel told reporters at the time. "He has a good punch. It was quick, too. I didn't see it coming." https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/07/conspiracy-theorist-who-got-punched-by-buzz-aldrin-in-the-face-still-believes-the-moon-landing-was-faked.html
NYT: Buzz Aldrin Returned From the Moon. Then His Real Adventure Began
Delete>Some Apollo astronauts struggled to adjust to life on Earth. It’s something we can all relate to.
"...For Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Aldrin and Mr. Collins, their experiences back on earth reflected their differing characters. Post-Apollo, Mr. Armstrong resigned from NASA and quietly took on a teaching job at the University of Cincinnati. He died in 2012. Mr. Collins became director of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum.
Today, at 88, Mr. Collins says he doesn’t think a lot about Apollo 11 — “I can’t say I wake up every morning thinking, Oh, Apollo 11, blah blah. I may, in normal times, go a month or two without thinking about it. But when I do, it comes back with a great deal of clarity, more than I would have guessed.”
Of the three, Mr. Aldrin, now 89, seems to have had the hardest re-entry. He drank. He had affairs, and got divorced, and remarried, and divorced again. He wound up in the hospital, crushed by depression.
At one celebratory banquet, Mr. Aldrin was breathlessly asked, “Tell us how it really felt to be on the moon!”
Afterward, he rushed outside into an alley and wept.
It’s a heartbreaking story, but it’s hard not to recognize something familiar in this moment. Only 12 Earthlings have known the exhilaration of standing on the moon. But most of us know what it is like to feel despair, to wonder whether we are up to the challenges that our lives demand.
It’s not just Buzz. It’s all of us..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/opinion/apollo-11-moon-return.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Contributors