Buzz Aldrin in Sydney 6th Oct

[gary]

Originally Posted by Australian Geographic

PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF of the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk will be shown exclusively at the 2010 Australian Geographic Society Awards in Sydney on 6 October, where former astronaut Buzz Aldrin will be the guest of honour.

The long-forgotten video recording was uncovered during a decade-long search for the original video recordings of the moonwalk, and involved lengthy detective work and clandestine meetings, says astronomer and telescope operator John Sarkissian from the CSIRO at Parkes, who headed up the search.

Story here including link to YouTube clip of digitally remastered footage -
http://www.australiangeographic.com....lk-footage.htm

John Sarkissian provided an entertaining presentation on the search for the missing
Apollo 11 tapes at Border Stargaze in 2009.

[astroron (Ron)]

I wish I could be there, will you be going Gary?

[noswonky (Peter)]

Could someone ask Buzz why he didn't take any photos of Armstrong on the moon?

[En1gma (Robert)]

Originally Posted by noswonky

Could someone ask Buzz why he didn't take any photos of Armstrong on the moon?

Don't want to ruffle any feathers now do we

As I have been told, buzz was suppose to take the first steps.

[gary]

Originally Posted by astroron

I wish I could be there, will you be going Gary?

Hi Ron,

As much as I would like to, unfortunately I won't be attending.

I did get to wave to Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins when they passed in the
motorcade here in Sydney in November of 1969.

John Sarkissian tells a nice story of a time when Aldrin was out in Australia
in more recent times.

Aldrin had written a children's book and there was a long queue for the book signing.
Aldrin's minders instructed those in the queue that Buzz would only be available
to sign the book and that there would be no opportunity to shake hands, seek
other autographs or engage in discussion and so on.

However, John's boy was wearing a Buzz Lightyear T-Shirt, apparently to the
embarrassment of his mother and if I recollect the story correctly, she apologized
to Buzz for her son's attire. "No problem!", laughed Buzz. "I am wearing my Buzz
Lightyear tie" which he then showed off to the family. It was the instant ice breaker
and the Sarkissian family were afforded a little extra time to converse with the man.

Hopefully John will get another opportunity to meet Buzz in a week's time.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by gary

Hi Ron,

As much as I would like to, unfortunately I won't be attending.

I did get to wave to Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins when they passed in the
motorcade here in Sydney in November of 1969.

John Sarkissian tells a nice story of a time when Aldrin was out in Australia
in more recent times.

Aldrin had written a children's book and there was a long queue for the book signing.
Aldrin's minders instructed those in the queue that Buzz would only be available
to sign the book and that there would be no opportunity to shake hands, seek
other autographs or engage in discussion and so on.

However, John's boy was wearing a Buzz Lightyear T-Shirt, apparently to the
embarrassment of his mother and if I recollect the story correctly, she apologized
to Buzz for her son's attire. "No problem!", laughed Buzz. "I am wearing my Buzz
Lightyear tie" which he then showed off to the family. It was the instant ice breaker
and the Sarkissian family were afforded a little extra time to converse with the man.

Hopefully John will get another opportunity to meet Buzz in a week's time.

HI Gary thanks for the story it is times like this that one wishes he lived in Sydney, then he wakes up
Cheers
Ron

[noswonky (Peter)]

Originally Posted by En1gma

Don't want to ruffle any feathers now do we

As I have been told, buzz was suppose to take the first steps.

Well, at least he did something first...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ldrin-pee.html