Aged 89, the second man on the moon hovered awkwardly at one end of the Resolute desk in the Oval Office. Michael Collins, 88, Apollo 11 command module pilot, stood at the other with his fingers pressed on the desktop. Moon buggies and bags of poo: what humans left on the moon Read moreFrom the sublime to the pathetic. While superficially the moon landing enables Trump, who was 23 at the time, to extol American exceptionalism and promise a flag-waving return to the moon, the unspoken truth is that he embodies the opposite of Apollo 11’s most valuable accomplishments, insights and lessons. A day before their White House visit, Aldrin and Collins spoke at an event about “space diplomacy” at George Washington University.

Source: The Guardian July 20, 2019 10:00 UTC