Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Happy Birthday Buzz Aldrin!

That's all I have to say.

5 comments:

  1. damn I cant believe I missd it again. He gonna be mad!

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  2. Dear old Buzz, a complete crack pot by all accounts. Have you read Moon Dust? It's lovely. One of my favourite astronauts is Alan Bean if for nothing else than his wonderful Space Paintings. Check them out http://www.orbit.zkm.de/?q=node/62

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  3. Those paintings are lovely. Alan Bean is a very cool astronaut. Stina Nordenstam wrote a really nice song about him on her first album...

    http://www.last.fm/music/Stina+Nordenstam/_/The+return+of+Alan+Bean

    ... a huge influence on early Cardigans.

    Buzz Alrdin is mentally ill. Dunno if its got anything to do with going to the moon - rocket-jockeys are a pretty frontal bunch anyway! See him punch...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJmRC2ijmY&feature=related

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  4. Saw an interview with him where he claimed a ufo flew alongside the crew on their way to the moon. Saw another where he claimed that actually it was probably just Venus. What? How did he get to be an astronaut? Still, great punch!

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  5. I think they made him an astronaut because they thought kids that were into Buzz Lightyear would make a connection with him? NASA were clever like that, they really knew in the old days how to make their dollars count. It's just like astronaut selection processes in the modern world. I heard the other day that the European Space Agency hires its astronauts based on their: suduko prowess, hotwiring skills, sense of smell, musical merit, Windows skills (operating systems and looking through), length and girth.

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