First of all, "Mamzelle" is female (note the name and the extreme case of "red-a$$" associated with her several comments about the alleged infidelity of some of the astronauts.)
Second, Mamzelle has no personal knowledge of anything about which she speaks (note the refusal to back anything up with actual data, preferring to hide behind the false concern for privacy when in fact it would be easy to provide verifiable documentation without betraying identity - we ain't really interested in who she of the red-a$$ is...)
Third, she betrays her lack of knowledge in a glaring way when she states that after Mercury the astronauts were just passengers, when in fact the opposite is true. The later missions offered the astronauts far more autonomy. It is true that most of the burns were automated because of the precise timing required - a few feet per second too fast or slow and you die. However, NONE of the moon landings were successfully automated (we tried but failed) - computers got you down to the last few thousand feet, then you flew it in - no mean feat then or now. None of the shuttle missions I was associated with ended in automated landings. They were made possible by piloting skills and large brass ones, not by computers.
My own CV: I worked as a computer operator at KSC from 1979 to 1982, I was one of the un-heralded technician/engineering types that Mamzelle feels compelled to defend. Thanks, but no thanks. I don't know anyone in that community (and it was a long time ago, admittedly) who would today agree with Mamzelle's bile. While I was there (during the buildup to the shuttle program and through the first four missions) I met several astronauts, famous and not. Some names you might know: John Young (Apollo 10 and 16) is one of the sharpest people I have ever had the privilege to meet, as were Gene Cernan (Apollo 10 and 17) Ken Mattingley (Apollo 16, I think). I don't know what they did in the bedroom, but by 1979 I never saw any groupies. They were all thorough professionals who all recognized that there was a certain level of public relations associated with their very-high profile jobs. All the ones I met seemed to hate the rubber-chicken dinners and speeches. In those days virtually all the astronauts were ex-military pilots. Some, like Gene Schmitt, were scientists. No one expected the scientists to be fighter-jocks, although in those days they all learned to fly the T38.
Buzz Aldrin was a fighter pilot in Korea, and an astronaut with two missions in space. If I had that career and you harassed me and called me a liar and a thief, I would respond as Dr. Aldrin did, too.
Bottom line: Mamzelle comes across as a scorned woman, not a knowledgeable commentator. And, way to go Buzz.