Buzz Aldrin - Q&A

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Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American engineer and former astronaut, and the second person to walk on the Moon. He was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. He set foot on the Moon at 03:15:16 (UTC) on July 21, 1969, following mission commander Neil Armstrong. He is also a former U.S. Air Force officer and a Command Pilot.

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[skurdud]

You came here for 30:11 I know you did because I did too, think for yourselves and question

[callofdutyUS]

30:15 does no one think this is weird? Is no one going to talk about this.

[MrDoneboy]

Buzz is called "Buzz" for a reason!

[CosmicTuxedo]

Buzz is borderline exposing the government every day. 😂😂

[amandabaker]

Circuit breaker must be his hypnotic que🤣

[MarleyHofmannRecords]

I like the part where the interviewer tells the students 'the microphone is going to amplify your voice'

[DrumsTheWord]

And can Oxford please ensure that there are no idiots sitting behind legends such as this? This is not the first video I've watched of yours where children get to diminish a great talk in the background. Disgusting behaviour.... 9:17

[Bobiqe]

The question no one seems to ask is how the spaceship functions, what was his role in controlling the ship?

[jdmaine]

Met the man last night at the Cradle of Aviation museum. He signed a copy of his children's book for my daughter, and I'd love nothing more for her to get into a field related to space travel. Astrophysics, theoretical physics, engineering, etc.

I drove 6 hours for her yesterday, 6 hours home today!

You're an inspiration, Buzz! Or shall I say... Dr. Rendezvous!

[DrumsTheWord]

A national treasure. America should be, and I know are, very proud. Such a wonderful spokesman.

[twt]

Buzz had a chat up line. 'I was the second man on the moon, Neil before me' worked every time.

[Pixinity]

it's funny when he said "land a person on the moon" and then quickly saved his speech by "internationally".

[newhollad]

the fact that this video only has 38k views and a video of tommy robinson has 2m views is indicative of the absolute state of the world right now.

[jojitsantamaria]

Thank you BuzZ as a kid our class was cancelled for two days and it was fun adding this human achievement on t.v. Got no commercial!

[matthewviramontes]

So at 30:17 a lady asks what was the scariest part about going, Buzz says "It didn't happen", but the more telling thing is that Buzz has a handler in case he messes up. So if we did go to the moon, and Buzz is telling the truth, why is there someone there to catch his mistakes?

[Boxx]

It's incredible the engineers back then were far superior to be able to get to the moon and back multiple times.

[freedomiseverything]

First question from the audience: How did you feel when you landed on the moon and looked back at the Earth. No answer. Instead he talked about his wives. WTF. Zero technical discussion about getting through the thermosphere. Zero discussion about how the moon feels when you walk on it. "The moon dust might be poisonous" he said ie we still don't know whether it is or not ? So zero tests have been done on the dust/rock that they bought back ? What was the scariest moment of the journey ? Answer: It wasn't scary. Circuit breakers and the ladder were the top topic for some bizarre reason along with swimming, pole-vaulting and meals he had with presidents. Should we go back to the moon with better technology? After no answer and rambling on he blamed the budget. Anyone who had been to the moon would have said yes we should go back immediately. Constantly trying to be funny instead of discussing the most amazing feat of mankind. If someone went to the moon they would actually talk about it rather than rambling on about absolute rubbish. If (big if) we went to the moon he did zero to prove it. Their first interview in 1969 after their return was also absolutely bizarre. Cheers Buzz we know everything about going to the moon now. Lol.

[BudFieldsPPTS]

Many of the heroes we celebrate we never know. How extraordinary would it be if we could have a conversation with one. We can. We did. You should listen.

[guileniam]

Sitting behind the Second man ever to walk on the moon, part of the first team to make it to the moon.one of the greatest accomplishments in human history...
Meanwhile Girl@ 9:17 ;Students will be students lol

[glennastevens]

I love his videos. One think I wish is that all people who ask questions would notice that he would be more comfy with a pillow or two behind his back.