

But on the surface of the moon, the sun's light gave a pronounced velvet-like sheen, such that no stars were visible, especially in the vicinity of the earth. In space, the sun is always affecting the night sky. Because from earth, the surrounding light is visible when looking at the night sky. "The black sky was different, especially on the surface of the moon. This is his hauntingly poetic description of first going into space: "As a member of the crew, we discussed ahead of time, before launch, the probabilities of successful landing, knowing the many things that would allow a successful return, and our nominal guess number was 60 percent success in landing, but throughout, an overall 95 percent of returning." They went in feeling pretty good about coming back. When one user mentioned that there was no Plan B to get him off the moon and asked what his plan if he'd been simply left to die, Aldrin cooly responded: "To continue trying to fix the problem until the lack of oxygen caused us go to sleep."

When asked whether landing on the moon or punching a moon-landing denier in the face was more satisfying, he laughed and said "Both created considerable, favorable support of my activities." "However, one involved the relationship between human beings, and the other a historic giant leap for mankind." "Very good training for him! Enjoyable and welcome publicity for me." He approves of Bryan Cranston's portrayal of him. But the mini-shrimp were edible when squeezed through the plastic bag!" His favorite food is "hot coffee for the first time in space." "It wasn't Tang. The following are some tidbits from his Reddit AMA today that explain why he remains, as ever, totally boss: But, because, at 84 years old, the guy speaks with the eloquence and precision of a highly-advanced machine. Or even because, at 72 years old, he knocked a guy out for calling the moon landing a fake.

And not just because he was the pilot for the first manned lunar landing in history.
