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Title: Did Buzz Aldrin Admit That He Never Went to the Moon?
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URL Source: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buzz-aldrin-moon-admission/
Published: Jul 29, 2018
Author: Snopes
Post Date: 2018-07-29 10:26:53 by BTP Holdings
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Did Buzz Aldrin Admit That He Never Went to the Moon? Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's answer to a question posed by a child was misrepresented as an admission that he didn't set foot on the moon. CLAIM Buzz Aldrin admitted in an exchange captured on video that he never went to the moon. RATING False ORIGIN In July 2018, a video hit social media that purportedly captured Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man in history to set foot on the lunar surface, admitting to a young child that he never actually went to the moon: Many of the video-based rumors that we investigate require us to keep a keen eye out for deceptive edits or altered audio. In this case, however, all we had to do to debunk this one was listen to the question asked by the young child and the answer given by Buzz Aldrin. The child didn’t ask Buzz Aldrin if he ever went to the moon. Rather, she posted the question “Why has nobody been to the moon in such a long time?” to the astronaut. When Aldrin said in reply that “we didn’t go there” and “that’s the way it happened,” he was referring to the fact that the U.S. has sent no missions back to the moon since the final Apollo spaceflight took place in December 1972, not asserting that he had never been to the moon in the first place. We’ve transcribed this portion of the video below (emphasis ours): Child: Why has nobody been to the moon in such a long time? Aldrin: That’s not an 8-year-old’s question. That’s my question. I want to know. But I think I know. Because we didn’t go there. That’s the way it happened. And if it didn’t happen it’s nice to know why it didn’t happen so in the future if we want to keep doing something we need to know why something stopped in the past if we want to keep it going. The wording of Aldrin’s answer may have been confusing to children and adults alike, but he was talking about “why something (i.e., going to the moon) stopped in the past,” not about how it never happened in the first place. This viral video also cut off Aldrin’s full answer. In the complete version of Aldrin’s interview with this child (identified as Zoey), the astronaut went on to state the primary reason we didn’t return to the moon: money. Once again, Aldrin’s message was a little garbled, but the second part of his answer (not included in the viral video) offered two more instances in which he talked about our indeed having been to the moon. Aldrin said that he “achieved what the President wanted us to do” (i.e., go to the moon), and that the world was proud of what he had accomplished. We’ve transcribed that potion of the interview below (and the full video can be viewed at the end of this article): Money. It’s a good thing. If you want to buy new things, new rockets, instead of keep doing the same thing over and over, then it’s going to cost more money. And other things need more money too. So having achieved what the president wanted us to do … and then what thousands, millions of people in America, and millions of people around the world … You know when we toured around the world after we came back [from the moon] the most fascinating observation was signs that said “WE did it.” Not just us. But we, the world. They felt like they were part of what we were able to do. And that made us feel very good. This footage was taken during the 2015 National Book Fest at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. Aldrin was at the fest to promote his book Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet, but he was also interviewed by numerous children about space exploration while he was there. Here’s Zoey’s full interview with Buzz Aldrin. The viral excerpt starts at the 7:10 mark: It should also be noted that while Buzz Aldrin was part of the Apollo 11 mission which landed the first two people on the moon, he wasn’t the last astronaut to touch the lunar surface. A total of 12 astronauts have visited the moon since Aldrin’s historic July 1969 spaceflight, but no one has ventured to the lunar surface since the end of 1972:
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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)
CONTEXT! Aldrin is NOT saying he (or "We") never went to the moon. What he was saying was we never went BACK to the moon. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
Aldrin is NOT saying he (or "We") never went to the moon. What he was saying was we never went BACK to the moon. Absolutely correct. Currently you hold in your hand with your smartphone more computing power than was available in a computer in the late 60s to go to the moon. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
If THAT ain't enough to impress you with the courage of the astronauts,nothing will. Not only that,but they had no icons to hit for shortcuts. EVERY command they gave needed the whole code string typed in manually. NOT a situation where you can afford to have a brain fart,is it? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
I would think not. I've got a story or two about farts, but I will leave those for later. LOL "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Flat Earth and NeverMoon alert!!!
“With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group." They told Christopher Columbus if he sailed west he would fall off the end of the Earth. He discovered the New World for Spain. Of course there is some line of thought that Vikings discovered America long before 1492. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
It's still no use -- grasping at straws in the wind. freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi? ArtNum=218044&Disp=12#C12 It's no use for the moon hoax -- it's simply, totally over. People need to seriously consider the source -- the US government including NASA (stands for "never a straight answer"). The astro-nots are big freemasons, just like the govt bigwigs. It's all in the family -- theirs, not ours. Masonry is a quaint little club that threatens people with murder if they give away its secrets. Why does NASA's logo include a snake's forked tongue? Embrace the truth. Accept no substitutes. _____________________________________________________________ USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
What about the disaster of Apollo 13 when they blew an oxygen tank and had to pipe air into the main capsule from the Lunar Module? And what about Alan Shepard walking on the moon during Apollo 16? And the Moon Buggy? Yes, a lot does not add up as you say, but not for the reasons you describe. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Here's another great little liar, B -- wonder who paid her: www.youtube.com/watch? v=CyH4Zaz3mEE it's not that there's no "large blast crater", there is no sign of any landing under the craft whatsoever. In some (all) pics there's not even any dust on the beast's feet!!! 1/6th the gravity? It's still over 5,000 moon lbs plus the weight of the astro-nots. _____________________________________________________________ USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Check the video at this URL. It is titled, "Shoot the Moon, the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-Ranging Operation". Why would there be mirrors on the moon to reflect laser lights back to Earth if no one was ever there? ;) www.youtube.com/watch? v=npLmDTmKHB4
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Nothing doing, B. YOU check the video at THIS url: www.youtube.com/watch? v=MalYSn_qIU4 Enough dodges. You folks are piling them higher than the highly questionable ISS. _____________________________________________________________ USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Aldrin: That’s not an 8-year-old’s question. That’s my question. I want to know. But I think I know. Because we didn’t go there. That’s the way it happened. And if it didn’t happen it’s nice to know why it didn’t happen so in the future if we want to keep doing something we need to know why something stopped in the past if we want to keep it going.
#2. To: sneakypete (#1)
CONTEXT!
#3. To: BTP Holdings (#2)
Currently you hold in your hand with your smartphone more computing power than was available in a computer in the late 60s to go to the moon. ;)
#4. To: sneakypete (#3)
EVERY command they gave needed the whole code string typed in manually. NOT a situation where you can afford to have a brain fart, is it?
#5. To: BTP Holdings (#0)
-Alex Kurtagic 
#6. To: X-15 (#5)
Flat Earth
#7. To: BTP Holdings (#6)
#8. To: NeoconsNailed (#7)
It's no use for the moon hoax -- it's simply, totally over.
#9. To: BTP Holdings, HAPPY2BME-4UM, All (#8)
#10. To: NeoconsNailed (#9)
#11. To: BTP Holdings (#10)
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