Buzz Aldrin
These pictures were taken at a lecuter organized by the RVD. The first picture is of the first dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels. The keynote speech was given by the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin. The speech was interesting, with some fun anecdotes. For example that Buzz had said something to the effect of “we are number one for takeoff.” We is of course funny, since you really didn’t expect any other space ships on the moon. And the one that the Dutch media had a field day with, that the flag had fallen over during takeoff and the fact that they had not told anyone about it. However, unless I misunderstood, they did tell them eventually upon arrival back on earth.
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