I have a minor connection to astronaut Harrison Schmitt
myself. Many years ago Nancy Weaver and I stayed at a bed and
breakfast in Silver City, New Mexico that was run by Schmitt's
parents in their home. We slept in his old bedroom. Not
surprisingly, they had a lot of astronaut memorabilia around the house.
Mark Minton
At 02:46 PM 2/16/2011, [email protected] wrote:
Geary Schindel e-mailed and told me his story of meeting a lunar
astronaut, Harrison Schmidt, the only geologist who went to the moon.
Geary encouraged me to post about meeting Buzz Aldrin later the same
night I met Neil Armstrong.
About an hour after talking to Neil about the caving expedition to
Equador he'd gone on, I noticed Buzz Aldrin walking toward the open
bar, so I got in line behind him. I introduced myself and told him
that I'd seen the news account that had recently been on TV of the
man ambushing him outside of a building and screaming in his face
that the moon landing had been faked. Buzz punched him out. I told
him that the guy had it coming, to which he said, "Yeah, well, I
wish I hadn't done it, Goddammit. It cost me a small fortune in
lawyer's fees. But it sure felt good at the time!"
Buzz also has a caving connection, He read Barbara amEnde, Monte
Paulsen, and Bill Stone's book BEYOND THE DEEP and is quoted on its
dusk jacket.
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