Apollo 11

I wanted to mention here that Buzz Aldrin eventually was able to redeem his reputation by means of one swift punch to a moon landing denier who was harassing him. [Aldrin was the second in command to Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11. Neil was the first to walk on the moon.] The reputation of Buzz had suffered, and that no one wanted to work with Buzz Aldrin. One Apollo commander (Borman) said openly to the Flight Director that if he was going to assign Buzz to his crew, he would reign. The flight director, at one point, took Neil Armstrong aide and asked him if he wanted to replace Buzz with Lovell (commander of Apollo 13). And Neil said, “Give me a day to think about it.” After a day, Neil said,” I can work with him. Lovell deserves his own command.” The truth be told, Buzz was a great astronaut, but people were put off by his self-promotion. In the end, Aldrin redeemed himself by one swift punch that I think not Armstrong, nor any other Apollo pilot would have done. But all the Apollo astronauts were great men. All were Navy test pilots who put their lives on the line daily. And Buzz had an advanced degree in engineering from MIT. [That punch was caught on film, and the D.A. of L.A. refused to prosecute because he said it was self-defense.] I think it is about time for Israel to get to Mars, and start a colony there, and start planting trees to make it inhabitable.