Happy Birthday Buzz

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Crunchie

·Jan 20, 2022

It must be worth a mention that the most famous living Speedmaster wearer, Dr Buzz Aldrin, turns 92 today.

So many changes in the world since 1930!

For my money, he had the best seat in the best flight ever.
Not first out of the door to be suffocated, sucked inside out, or eaten by aliens (and to slip up on the most famous and quoted line in history).
No flying quarter of a million miles and not even getting out, just spending hours wondering what you’ll tell the boss if you end up coming home alone.

Get there, have your photo taken, and keep your damn watch on. Happy birthday, Buzz!

 

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blufinz52

·Jan 20, 2022·Hears dead people, not watch rotors.

And he throws a pretty good right hook too!

 

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Skrv

·Jan 20, 2022

The best part even after all his career acommplishments he was out there promoting science, motiving young kids even well into his late 80's. Remarkable human being.

 

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Crunchie

·Jan 20, 2022

Skrv

The best part even after all his career acommplishments he was out there promoting science, motiving young kids even well into his late 80's. Remarkable human being.

Absolutely. He’s an advocate for crewed missions to Mars for the adventure and the scientific knowledge, too, not for bragging rights or to strip it for minerals like some…


And some people might assume his doctorate is an honorary one, but he earned it honestly.

 

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Omegafanman

·Jan 21, 2022

What a character and it needs a picture on this thread.... Maybe as a birthday surprise someone could find that rusty old watch of his. Who knows....it might even still be worth something ;0)
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Fallout Boy

·Jan 21, 2022

congtrats! I like very much this interview:

https://www.gq.com/story/buzz-aldrin

 

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rob#1

·Jan 21, 2022

I read somewhere that his father was present when the Wright Brothers took their inaugural flight, and then he was able to watch his son walk on the moon, all in one lifetime - that’s cool. The article also said that his mother’s maiden name was Moon 😲

Happy bday Buzz

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Jan 21, 2022

FYI ... the seven official individual portraits of NASA astronaut Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin PhD (selected NASA group 3 in October 1963 )
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Tubber

·Jan 21, 2022

blufinz52

And he throws a pretty good right hook too!

You need a link for that
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SM92

·Jan 21, 2022

Probably, his most famous photo for Moonwatch lovers 🥰

 

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Omegafanman

·Jan 21, 2022

SM92

Probably, his most famous photo for Moonwatch lovers 🥰

2nd favourite for me - but for sure a classic. For somone who was not a watch guy Commander Armstrong took some cool shots for us :0)

Description: Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot, inside the Lunar Module (LM) during checkout and inspection after hatch opening. Image taken during the transluner phase of the Apollo 11 Mission by Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled N; Film type: S0-368 Color; 80mm lens

 

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A Watch

·Jan 23, 2022

I never knew he punched a guy. The guy deserved it.

 

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JwRosenthal

·Jan 23, 2022

A A Watch

I never knew he punched a guy. The guy deserved it.

The moon stuff didn’t push him over the edge, it was “you’re a coward, and a liar, and a thief”….yeah, I would have lost it too. The guy was clearly baiting for that exact reaction- you go Buzz!

 

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Archer

·Jan 23, 2022·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

JwRosenthal

The moon stuff didn’t push him over the edge, it was “you’re a coward, and a liar, and a thief”….yeah, I would have lost it too. The guy was clearly baiting for that exact reaction- you go Buzz!

Agreed...

 

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MRC

·Jan 23, 2022

rob#1

I read somewhere that his father was present when the Wright Brothers took their inaugural flight,

Alive yes, but as an 8 year old at school in Worcester MA probably not actually present.

rob#1

and then he was able to watch his son walk on the moon, all in one lifetime - that’s cool. The article also said that his mother’s maiden name was Moon 😲

That's true, Marion G. Moon of Texas. Buzz's father is quite famous in his own right as an aviator and engineer. https://dmairfield.org/people/aldrin_ee/index.htm

 

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pete26

·Jan 24, 2022

My brother-in-law believes it was faked, and I nearly lose it every time he says something about it. I reiterate that these men risked their lives and some lost them.

 

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justacpa

·Jan 25, 2022

I believe ALL governments are corrupt and dishonest (especially ours), but to believe the entire moon mission was faked takes a special kind of stupid. Makes you wonder if these Fake Moon Landing Nuts believe the Matrix is real.