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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is Being Emergency Evacuated From the South Pole (businessinsider.com)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Thursday morning that it will provide a "humanitarian medical evacuation flight" from the South Pole for an "ailing" Buzz Aldrin. BusinessInsider adds: Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, joining Neil Armstrong in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module in July 1969. He has since become an author and advocate for crewed missions to Mars. He is 86, and no further information is available as to his condition. The NSF's statement said that an NSF plane will fly Aldrin from the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole to McMurdo Station on the Antarctic coast. At that point ski-equipped LC-130 cargo planes flown by the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard will haul him to New Zealand "as soon as possible."
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What is Buzz Aldrin doing at the South Pole? Is he the anti-Santa?
It's a hoax. He was never on the moon either.
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Or, for that matter, the POTUS's two adult sons. I always forget their names... Uday and Qusay?
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Where else are they supposed to stage the first manned landing on Europa if not Antarctica?
People said I was dumb, but I proved them.
The airlines' refer to passengers as SLF (self loading freight).
Have gnu, will travel.
Being awesome, most likely.
His Instagram account has a picture of him wearing a belt and suspenders. Those astronauts really believe in redundancy of critical systems.
Joking aside. I hope he's OK.
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Yes...but if fresh strawberries came in in load, there would probably be a stampede.
Anyway, if I were him and died there, I would want by body bagged and buried inward towards the pole a little with a sign that said, "Do not touch until tech can resurrect me k thx bie."
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Where else are they supposed to stage the first manned landing on Europa if not Antarctica?
Europa.
I heard the moon landings were staged on a movie set located on the moon.
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Actually Flat Earthers believe that NASA (The S stands for Satan) patrol the "ice wall" at Antarctica to prevent the truth the flat earth getting out. No kidding I have facebook associates that are flat earthers and they really believe this.
It's a hoax. He was never on the moon either.
Say that to his face. I dare ya.
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