Sir David Frost Interviews Buzz Aldrin: “Discovering the Moon”

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This is one of the best interviews ever done with Buzz.

Sir David Frost travels to Los Angeles to meet the astronaut who became the second person to walk on the moon. With the death of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin is the only man alive who can tell us at first-hand about that first moon landing. His story and his reflections, as a man who has helped to change the world we live in, are fascinating and unique.

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Sir David Frost travels to Los Angeles to meet the astronaut who became the second person to walk on the moon. With the death of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin is the only man alive who can tell us at first-hand about that first moon landing. His story and his reflections, as a man who has helped to change the world we live in, are fascinating and unique.

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1 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 4:28:21pm

This includes an extraordinary clip from a 1953 newsreel interview with Buzz in Korea. Then an unknown 2LT and F-86 pilot, he describes his gun camera footage of a kill against a Soviet MiG-15 at virtually point-blank range. The enemy pilot’s ejection is seen very clearly in the film.

2 Charles Johnson  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 5:41:49pm

Great find!

3 wrenchwench  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 6:00:58pm

Great to see those two old guys being more dynamic than most people half their ages. I’ll watch the rest at home, but wanted to note this:

You notice we don’t hear nearly as much about Michael Collins? Maybe it’s because he defaced government property!

4 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 6:07:19pm

This is excellent. I’d like to have another couple of hours of material.

5 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 6:39:46pm

Buzz Aldrin on Facebook. Buzz maintains a really good FB page, always something interesting there.

6 Carlos Dangler  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 6:55:38pm

re: #5 Shiplord Kirel

Buzz Aldrin on Facebook. Buzz maintains a really good FB page, always something interesting there.

It is to be expected from “Dr. Rendezvous”.

7 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:05:18pm

Thank you for this. Wonderful stuff.

8 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:06:03pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

Well yeah, he didn’t go to the moon.

So he decided to leave his mark on the Mission. Literally in this case.

9 Justanotherhuman  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:09:03pm

You lie! We’ve never landed on the moon! : )

I remember watching those launches on TV—it seemed like everything stopped while we did. It was a great time, even Sputnik and Gagarin held everyone’s attention.

Terrific interview—I just can’t imagine the thrill, and the trepidation, of being the first to land on the moon and trusting the complexity of it all.

10 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:09:45pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

Great to see those two old guys being more dynamic than most people half their ages. I’ll watch the rest at home, but wanted to note this:

You notice we don’t hear nearly as much about Michael Collins? Maybe it’s because he defaced government property!

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Pilots do that a lot, just like ground crews do with bombs.

11 Carlos Dangler  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:12:00pm

re: #10 Dark_Falcon

Pilots do that a lot, just like ground crews do with bombs.

See: Art, Nose.

12 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:12:33pm

re: #10 Dark_Falcon

Also, whose gonna do anything about it? Your nearest authority is approximately a 384k kilometres away.

What can they do to stop you?

13 sagehen  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:13:08pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

Great to see those two old guys being more dynamic than most people half their ages. I’ll watch the rest at home, but wanted to note this:

You notice we don’t hear nearly as much about Michael Collins? Maybe it’s because he defaced government property!

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Trivia: Michael Collins’ daughter Kate Collins is the actress who played Natalie Hunter on “All My Children.”

14 Carlos Dangler  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:13:51pm

re: #9 Justanotherhuman

You lie! We’ve never landed on the moon! : )

I remember watching those launches on TV—it seemed like everything stopped while we did. It was a great time, even Sputnik and Gagarin held everyone’s attention.

Terrific interview—I just can’t imagine the thrill, and the trepidation, of being the first to land on the moon and trusting the complexity of it all.

HBO’s miniseries From the Earth to the Moon is great: great stories, fantastic cast, even 15+ years after it first aired.

15 Carlos Dangler  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:16:30pm

re: #13 sagehen

Trivia: Michael Collins’ daughter Kate Collins is the actress who played Natalie Hunter on “All My Children.”

And Tony Goldwyn (who played Neil Armstrong in From the Earth to the Moon) currently plays President Grant in Scandal; he also happens to be the grandson of Samuel Goldwyn (the Goldwyn in MGM).

16 Gus  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:36:28pm

17 years to Mars. Weak. Too slow.

17 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 8:02:17pm

re: #16 Gus

If you want to get really irritated, look at this.

A December 2003 NASA report expressed the belief that a manned mission to Callisto may be possible in the 2040s.[57]

This country needs to cut the military bloat, and transfer it to NASA if we had the money, think what we could do.

18 ProTARDISLiberal  Sat, Jul 27, 2013 8:05:15pm

re: #17 ProTARDISLiberal

Also, if your really wanted to go Balls to the Wall, you could invite various Nations to help participate monetarily and scientifically within NASA in exchange for seats on various missions.

Canada is a good start. Then pull in Turkey and Mexico. Many members of the EU are unhappy with the Franco-German direction. Pull them in as well.


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