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Want to be the first person to drink alcohol on the Moon? Buzz Aldrin already did it
Posted on 5/24/22 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 5/24/22 at 9:59 pm
I can't believe I didn't know this, but it's obviously worthy of the history books: Vinepair
Also on History.com. Pretty cool shite, especially for the religious and alcoholic.
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Aldrin had already participated in space exploration—the longest “space walker” in history, in fact—but when he went to the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission, the committed Presbyterian wanted to commemorate humankind’s first moon strut with something very specific: communion. (Also known as the Christian religious act of eating consecrated bread and wine as a symbol or incarnation of Jesus.) As Aldrin wrote in Guidepost magazine only a few months after his return, “I could carry the bread in a plastic packet, the way regular inflight food is wrapped. And the wine also–there will be just enough gravity on the moon for liquid to pour. I’ll be able to drink normally from a cup.”
Despite careful and conscientious planning with the pastor of his Western Presbyterian Church, and despite performing an unprecedented act on the only satellite rock created by planet collision that also creepily stalks the Earth, nothing much is known of it. We know that a golf ball was hit on the moon. So why don’t we get a good visual of some moon wine? Aldrin actually recounts the way the wine “curled” up the side of the cup gracefully. That would have been a cool pic!
As he told Guideposts, “In the radio blackout I opened the little plastic packages which contained bread and wine.” He had wanted to share that moment with the world, but apparently NASA wasn’t entirely comfortable with the idea. Madalyn Murray O’Hair had previously protested the reading of Genesis by Apollo 8, so the concept of the second man to step onto the moon performing a religious act might have been a bit too much at the time.
So Aldrin took his communion, and drank his wine, but historically it’s gone basically unnoticed. What we remember of most lunar landings, or incredibly expensive, incredibly incredible space explorations, is mostly that we haven’t found aliens yet. And, yes, when we do, we’ll need a glass of wine.
Also on History.com. Pretty cool shite, especially for the religious and alcoholic.
Posted on 5/24/22 at 10:07 pm to OMLandshark
How did he eat and drink with his helmet on?
Posted on 5/24/22 at 10:08 pm to Tyga Woods
It was in a studio on earth baw
Posted on 5/24/22 at 10:14 pm to OMLandshark
So did he catch a Buzz?
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Posted on 5/24/22 at 10:16 pm to OMLandshark
We need more Buzz Aldrins
Posted on 5/24/22 at 10:18 pm to OMLandshark
This was depicted in HBO’s “From the Earth to the Moon”.
Posted on 5/24/22 at 10:25 pm to OMLandshark
My experience with Presbyterians is that the “wine” they use is non-alcoholic grape juice. The story doesn’t differentiate the two
Posted on 5/24/22 at 10:34 pm to LSUray
Buzz was the alpha most of the OT pretends to be
This post was edited on 5/24/22 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 5/24/22 at 11:35 pm to OMLandshark
He also carried a silk Masonic flag with him to the moon and it is in the archives of the Temple in Washington DC.
Rumor has it that while on the moon he jokingly “claimed” it for the Grand Lodge of Texas and placed a Square and Compass on the surface. Actually that could explain why Texas is so inviting to SpaceX - maybe they plan on exercising that claim.
Rumor has it that while on the moon he jokingly “claimed” it for the Grand Lodge of Texas and placed a Square and Compass on the surface. Actually that could explain why Texas is so inviting to SpaceX - maybe they plan on exercising that claim.
Posted on 5/24/22 at 11:49 pm to OMLandshark
I don't believe we ever landed humans on the moon.
Posted on 5/24/22 at 11:59 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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I don't believe we ever landed humans on the moon.
Posted on 5/25/22 at 12:02 am to Tyga Woods
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How did he eat and drink with his helmet on?
The Lunar Module was pressurized they didn’t need helmets until they de-pressurized the module to exit to the lunar surface.
Posted on 5/25/22 at 12:03 am to OMLandshark
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Want to be the first person to drink alcohol on the Moon? Buzz Aldrin already did it
bullshite. The moon doesn't exist. It is a hologram. Buzz drank his 40 on a movie set.
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