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....a little Tesla.
He's the one that said we need 36" of lead shielding outside
the Earth.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by WatchNLearn
Why do your "hoaxists" only focus on Armstrong and Aldrin???
I just hope this poor tortured man can find some peace in his life before he dies.
I would equate his guilt with that of the pilots of the Enola Gay (dropped the Atomic bomb on Japan).
The others have had far to much training and mind control put on them to crack them. Armstrong was the first and they hadn't perfected thier lying skills.
By getting Armstrong to come clean, we can assume the rest are filthy liars by defaut...
I can only image the level of alcohol and substance abuse these men have endured for years.
A few minutes into our conversation, Buzz Aldrin makes it clear that we won't be spending much time reliving the day that began a new chapter in the history of the human race and made him one of the most famous people on – and off – the planet. It's not that the Second Man on the Moon doesn't want to talk about his space odyssey; it's just that he thinks he should be suitably rewarded for doing so.
Sharing his extraterrestrial experiences is, he concedes, "an appropriate and necessary thing: it's what people want. But I can't just keep doing that for ever in my life [he's 79] unless I'm appropriately compensated."
So, is he reluctant to talk about Apollo 11? "No, I wouldn't say I'm reluctant, but my [interest] is not in the past…" And he proceeds to roll out a diversionary anecdote about how, when he was young, his father would reminisce endlessly about the early days of aviation and how "regrettable" that was. He is and always has been, he says, "future-oriented".
Surprisingly, Aldrin's reservations about describing what it's like to kick up moon dust for an hour and a half, as he did on July 20, 1969, are in marked contrast to his willingness to discuss – free of charge – the dark side of his life: his struggles with depression and alcoholism, his two failed marriages, his difficult relationship with his father, and the tragedy of his mother (born Marion Moon), who killed herself shortly before the lunar mission because she did not think she could handle her son's imminent fame.
And, while refusing to elaborate on his celebrated description of the Moon's "magnificent desolation" – the title of his new autobiography – he is happy to talk about the man who accompanied him on his incredible journey. Not that happy is quite the word to describe his relationship with Neil Armstrong – now or 40 years ago.
Is he still in touch with Armstrong or Michael Collins, the third crew member, who stayed in lunar orbit? "Well," he says, not quite answering the question, "they have personalities that are different, each one, and they're different than mine. We worked together as a very close team, not jocular but very seriously determined to carry out [the task] we were given."
So it was a professional relationship? "Absolutely professional, yes."
And it didn't continue after Apollo 11? "Not that much. Hardly at all."
He sees Armstrong very rarely: the last time was at Nasa's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2008. "I was expected to be there," he says, adding in passing an observation that throws a revealing light on their relationship: "No one mentioned that I was there."
Roddenberry must really feel sad that humanity won't be that legendarily enlightened people...