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In Rare Interview, Buzz Aldrin Reflects on Moon Landing, 55 Years Later — and His 'Lucky' Life Now (Exclusive).
Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins discuss their historic landing on the moon and the future of.!
'Neil Armstrong wasn't easy to get on with but I think we were friends': Buzz Aldrin talks about late astronaut and the moon landing
AS the first men to walk on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s act of amazing human endeavour has become the stuff of legend.
Like other incredible feats, many myths have become attached to the Apollo 11 landing.
And one of the most enduring is that the pair didn’t get along.
When I ask Buzz, two months after Armstrong’s death, if they were friends, he pauses for a second.
“He was an absolutely essential major contributor to the success of the mission...
Yes, I think we were friends.
“Neil wasn’t a person that was a back-slapping easy to get along with kind of guy. He was very capable, more than capable.
"He was extraordinary in his talents, his reactions and his ability to make judgements.”
Speaking of the moment he heard Armstrong had died of a heart attack he said: “I was getting ready to get on an airplane when the Astronaut Sc