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It's Buzz Aldrin, second man to step on the moon in 1969, who didn't take up skiing until he was 50.
He talks about his ski experiences in today's Independent: click here.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Buzz is a very interesting character. I'd recommend reading the book "Moondust" by Andrew Smith for a lot more on what happened to the men after they were up there.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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That Buzz Aldrin, always talking about the moon - but just when was the last time he walked on it? 
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I met him at a conference in the US several years ago. Seemed like a really nice guy, and it was quite amazing to talk to somebody who walked on the Moon. Didn't know he was a skier - clearly a man of good taste, even if he's had more than his share of personal problems since returning from his great adventure.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
| Buzz is a very interesting character. I'd recommend reading the book "Moondust" by Andrew Smith for a lot more on what happened to the men after they were up there. |
Seconded, a very interesting book. How do you carry on after the ultimate of walking on the moon.
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| Nick_C wrote: |
| How do you carry on after the ultimate of walking on the moon. |
Quite a few of them seemed to have trouble 'coming back down'.
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Rob, must have been thrilling to meet Buzz Aldrin. I believe he's one of only 9 surviving Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon.
Another is Alan Bean, who was in London recently. I stupidly missed his lecture, but here's a thread on it, from collectspace.com. Scroll down for photos and reports:
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum23/HTML/001955.html
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David Goldsmith, it was. I also met Dave Scott at the Royal Society a couple of years ago. I didn't know that Alan Bean was talking in London - shame, would have liked to attend the lecture.
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I've just read "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe, on the Mercury astronauts. Enjoyed it immensely.
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