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Dr. Maddkap, Werepsychologist

On this occasion of the launch of Artemis II, I need to reshare this.

This is a photo of 8 of the surviving Apollo astronauts, taken on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

The man wearing ... well ... a heat shield, is Buzz Aldrin. I have to imagine his arrival went like this:

PHOTOGRAPHER: Um, Mr. Aldrin, this is a formal portrait.
BUZZ: Do you think I don't know that, son?
PHOTOG: Well, your outfit sir, it's-
BUZZ: Son. I've been to the moon. The mother-lovin' moon. In a tin can running on a graphing calculator powered by a can of sterno.
PHOTOG: Yes sir.
BUZZ: I get to wear what I want, where I want, when I want, for the rest of my life. Do you understand me, son?
PHOTOG: Right this way sir.

And what really gets me is Charlie Duke. He's the guy in the tux with the gold trim. He thought he was going to stand out in this photo. Then in walks Mr. Moon Man.

Luqa 🦄💜✌️♾️22h ago

I have a photo with Buzz that I cannot wait to get unpacked, soon. 🚀👨‍🚀
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食 Shoku the Umbreon 22h ago

@drmaddkap I do love Buzz. One of the coolest VR experiences I ever had was getting to stand next to him as he was explaining the idea of "cycling pathways to Mars."

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦19h ago

@drmaddkap OMG THE SOCKS! absolutely brilliant.

Darth Osler 19h ago

@blogdiva @drmaddkap well wishes to Mr Gorski

Weird Socks 16h ago

@blogdiva @drmaddkap
I can't stop staring at the socks .. and the whole outfit.
Jean Paul Gaultiere could not teach this man a thing.

Jim Spath 8h ago

@ohmu @blogdiva @drmaddkap Asymmetrical socks, no less.

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦8h ago

@jspath55 @ohmu @drmaddkap that are meant to represent the Stars & Bars (aka USA flag)

Arnim Sommer 🇪🇺5h ago

@blogdiva
This.
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Shannon Clark 18h ago

@drmaddkap one of the coolest things I ever got to do with my mom and dad years ago before my dad died was at an event that I was able to invite my parents to join me at (I’m being a bit detail light because the event is mostly off the record)

At lunch one day we sat at a table with Buzz Aldrin. He was a fellow guest at the same event and we shared a lovely lunch with if memory serves him and the then ambassador to the US from Vietnam.

a cool experience and one I treasure sharing with my dad

Keira (She/Her)18h ago

@drmaddkap I love that someone made that for him, special. It's his moon tux, shiny and with print of the moon on it.

He reminds me of my highschool geography teacher who had a waistcoat made of material printed with maps (his wife made it for him).

Pusher of Pixels 17h ago

@drmaddkap This is my second favorite story of Buzz.

The first being https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/September-9/buzz-aldrin-punches-moon-landing-conspiracy-theorist-bart-sibrel

72-year-old Buzz Aldrin punches a moon landing conspiracy theorist in the face | September 9, 2002 | HISTORY

On September 9, 2002, astronaut Buzz Aldrin—the second human to set foot on the moon—is walking outside a Beverly Hil...

HISTORY

0px auto 16h ago

@drmaddkap Ain’t he maga?

Doomstrike 15h ago

@drmaddkap
Photographer : https://www.felixkunze.com/

Felix Kunze

Felix Kunze

Смерть Окупантам 13h ago

@drmaddkap who tf is Charlie Duke? 🤔

Linda Rose Smit 13h ago

@drmaddkap 8 white men

Agnieszka R. Turczyńska 13h ago

@drmaddkap I have only one comment to this picture: fuck Beau Brummel.

Noel Kelly 9h ago

Currently five left.

https://science.nasa.gov/moon/moon-walkers/

Moonwalkers

Twelve human beings have walked on the Moon, so far. In all, 24 astronauts made the trip from Earth to the Moon between 1968 and 1972.

NASA Science

Dr. Maddkap, Werepsychologist 8h ago

@gnoll110 Hopefully, with the next moonwalk scheduled for 2028, we won’t have a time when there are no living moonwalkers.

Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 💥8h ago

What a terrific photo, truly a capturing of history, with personal details shining through. I love it. Things changed so much, it's so good to see how things were before, and how they are now.

@drmaddkap If you ever get a chance, GO to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in DC. Absolutely Incredible. Besides the awesome collection of airplanes suspended above your head as you enter, they have Apollo, Mercury, and Soyuz spacecraft. Those early ones really were like tin cans.
You be you, Moon Man.

@drmaddkap The socks! The socks! Incredible 👍

Paul_IPv6 7h ago

i love that he truly gets into it. not just the silver tux. the stars and stripes socks. the ribbon/medal. 10 of 10.

SatanicPanDick 6h ago

@drmaddkap "Ol' Charlie's gonna wear what!? Ok, bet."

Sean Boots 5h ago

@drmaddkap @shayman 😆👏

@drmaddkap Like that time Keith Olberman wore a magenta coat and they stuck him next to Big Bird.

Martina Brandl 3h ago

@drmaddkap I love the little inconspicuous black wooden boxes the photographer gave them, so they could put their foot on them for a cooler look. ☺️😂😜

Martina Brandl 3h ago

@drmaddkap PS The moon suit is exquisite!

EliJ quilting cataloguer 1h ago

@drmaddkap And the Sox! That is pure class 😘