And this is one of many reasons why Buzz gets a free pass to throw hands at flat earthers and moon landing deniers.
That and it’s not like he was being politely asked a stupid question but being harassed (again). I’d say getting in the face of an elderly person and harassing them, physically blocking them, and demanding they answer questions is worthy of a punch- astronaut or not.
I think it’s pretty obvious that the nutjob was trying to provoke exactly that sort of response out of Aldrin, and that’s the primary reason why I think Aldrin should get a free pass. He had a film crew there and he wanted to get good footage for his documentary or whatever.
Bart Sibrel makes his living off moon landing denial, and has ambushed multiple astronauts and insisted they swear on the bible that they went to the moon. It was all a PR stunt because he could spin literally outcome to further convince his followers that he’s right.
I don’t even think he’s nuts but a conman.
An elderly person. If they’d said that shit when Buzz was fresh on Terra firma he’d have beat the guy senseless before anyone could intervene
Can someone explain to me why moonlanding deniers are currently claiming Buzz Aldrin now also denies the moonlanding? This is something I’ve had a real life
idiotperson say to me.Buzz was answering a question from a young girl about why we haven’t gone back to the moon in so long. During his answer he said the words “because we didn’t go there” as part of a longer answer about why we hadn’t gone back. Moon landing deniers clip that and act like it is an admission that the moon landings didn’t happen.
Literally in the same answer he talks about going to and returning from the moon.
I am also curious to know, as I’ve also run into this recently.
My knowledge of Buzz Aldrin involves him punching a moon landing denier in the face for saying he faked the whole thing, so I feel like this must be some sort of new denier disinfo campaign.
Bart Sibrel got punched. He is a professional moon landing denier. He makes his living off moon landing denial stuff. He has hassled various Apollo astronauts by ambushing them and insisting they swear on the Bible that they actually went to the moon.
As for Buzz “admitting” that he didn’t go to the moon. Buzz was answering a question from a young girl about why we haven’t gone back to the moon in so long. During his answer he said the words “because we didn’t go there” as part of a longer answer about why we hadn’t gone back. Moon landing deniers clip that and act like it an admission that the moon landings didn’t happen.
This is new to me. That’s just advanced stupid.
He didn’t deck that guy until he called Buzz a coward.
Combat pilot, test pilot, astronaut. Dude’s got balls that clank.
Don’t think anyone really requires a pass for that. Just do it.
Oh Snap! I had no idea they had a spacecraft like this in '66!
Super cool!!
That’s the Agena Target Vehicle. Generally speaking the Agena was a rocket upper stage that was used for satellites and such, during Project Gemini it was launched on an Atlas rocket to practice rendezvous and docking with manned Gemini capsules.
Gemini 8 first docked with an Agena Target Vehicle, flown by a couple of rookie astronauts named David Scott and Neil Armstrong. Shortly after the docking, as in, a minute or two later, the mated pair of ships began to inexplicably roll to the right. Thinking it was a malfunction of the Agena, they shut it down, but the roll kept increasing. It was caused by a stuck control thruster on the Gemini capsule. The roll got so violent the astronauts vision started narrowing. Armstrong flew the ship back into stable flight by hand looking at the attitude indicator. They called an abort and landed safely in the Pacific ocean. They’d planned to land in the Atlantic, making this to this day the farthest a manned NASA mission has missed its intended landing target.
David Scott flew as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9, the LEO test flight of a lunar module, becoming one of three men to perform the first docking of two manned spacecraft. And became the seventh human to set foot on the moon as commander of Apollo 15. 15 was the first mission to carry a lunar rover; which Scott set the extraterrestrial land speed record that still stands today: 12 miles per hour. It was Scott that collected the sample of lunar anorthosite dubbed the Genesis Rock. He spent over 22 days in space, He is currently 93 years old.
Neil Armstrong had a much shorter space career than Scott, spending a mere 8 days in space. Armstrong would fly only one other mission, commanding a little milk run called Apollo 11, during which he became the first human to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. If you’re a big enough space nut you might have even seen the footage. Niel Armstrong passed away in 2012 at the age of 82.
It’s odd to think, for longer than my entire life, only 24 men had seen the far side of the moon with their own eyes, including Armstrong and Scott. This morning that number increased to 27 men, 1 woman.
Bro took a selfie stick to space what a G
“Stupid Moon! I walked on your face!”
Go away! This is not your time!
Is that a reflection of a xenomorph sweeping‽
I see an astronaut that did not cost any healthcare or food benefits
And I don’t remember Johnson demanding $1.5 trillion for Vietnam just for the year 1966. In fact, he introduced Medicare the year before, and he fully funded it every year of his presidency thereafter.
Or, rather, Congress funded those things…
Dude basically defined spacewalking based on his diving experience from memory, as this was a big issue in the early days of the space program.
Get on the spaceship, they said.
Fuck you! I want to get in it!
