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Buzz Aldrin, First Man (to Pee) on the Moon, Sounds Off
nationalgeographic ^
| July 16, 2009
| Anne Minard
Posted on 07/19/2009 1:55:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Buzz Aldrin may not have been the first man on the moon, but he's got another historic first under his belt, so to speak: first person to pee on the moon.
Marking the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing this month, the U.S. astronaut reflects on his moonwalk, his embrace of Twitter, his hopes for the future—and that hallowed lunar leak, accomplished on the lander's ladder, into a special bag in his space suit.
"Everyone has their firsts on the moon, and that one hasn't been disputed by anybody," he said in the 2007 documentary In the Shadow of the Moon.
It's also undisputed that Aldrin was the second man to moonwalk—about 15 minutes after Neil Armstrong—though he's still a bit embarrassed about his fumbling attempt to reboard the Eagle lander.
"I jumped what I thought was going to be enough to get up to the bottom rung of the ladder, and I didn't jump hard enough the first time, so I had to go back and do it again," Aldrin told National Geographic News.
TOPICS: Humor; Science
KEYWORDS: buzzaldrin
To: JoeProBono
who’s gonna be the first to poop on the moon?
A new space race is afoot.
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posted on
07/19/2009 1:58:49 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: mamelukesabre
its not a real poop unless it hits the moon dust and rolls around.
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:01:09 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(My hope comes from Jesus.)
To: JoeProBono
You’re in deep doo doo if your fly is open on the moon.
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:02:04 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(old Old Guradsman)
To: omega4179
I’m having a hard time picturing the space suit equipment that would be needed to allow such a feat. This could turn into a huge technological hurdle to overcome. It could require a manhattan project like effort to solve it.
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:03:35 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: mamelukesabre
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:09:21 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The boy's war in Detriot has already cost more then the war in Iraq.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:09:35 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
(The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: JoeProBono
Women pee. Men piss. First man to piss on the moon. Emasculation of the American male continues. Get a set, use it, and keep it.
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:10:08 PM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: JoeProBono
Hey—when ya gotta go, ya gotta go!
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:17:58 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(The President wears "mom jeans"!)
To: JoeProBono
an accomplishment any guy can be proud of!
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:19:33 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: bigbob
Why the hell didn’t he write his name?
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:23:08 PM PDT
by
csmusaret
(If you like this economy, keep voting for Donkeys.)
To: trumandogz
LOL!
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:24:45 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:40:44 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: JoeProBono
At least he didn't pee in Eagle's fuel tank. The damned thing would have had a miss in the engine the whole way back.
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:47:07 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Ted Nugent for Attorney General '12. You Know You Want It.)
To: JoeProBono
He also cried when he made his orbit.
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:53:38 PM PDT
by
Big Horn
(Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/19/2009 2:58:15 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: JoeProBono
But Buzz wasn’t able to spell his name in the Moondust in a legible fashion, so it didn’t really count! /s/ :-)
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posted on
07/19/2009 3:13:17 PM PDT
by
True Republican Patriot
(May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
To: JoeProBono
Probably right after the first
beer consumed there...
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posted on
07/19/2009 4:14:46 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(First nation & urination on the Moon)
To: JoeProBono
Boldly going where no man has gone before.....well, somebody had to say it!
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posted on
07/19/2009 4:26:52 PM PDT
by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
To: mamelukesabre
I remember one of the designers of the spacesuits remarking in an interview once that the 'connectors' for the technology that is under discussion came in three sizes:
Large
Extra Large
Gigantic
(something to that effect, anyway) They couldn't use "small", "medium", and "large" because none of the Astronauts would accept a small or medium (for whatever reason;)
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