Buzz Aldrin

[Debaser]

Buzz Aldrin has been taken ill at the South Pole. Get well soon Buzz!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38172205

[MartG]

EVACUATION TO CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND – 1915 UTC Thursday 1st December.



The evacuation flight for Buzz Aldrin has successfully landed at Christchurch, New Zealand and he has been transferred to hospital for examination. He is currently has fluid in his lungs but is responding well to antibiotics and being kept in overnight for observation. His condition is stable and his manager, who is currently with him, described him being in good spirits.



We would like to offer our sincere thanks to the team at the American National Science Foundation for accommodating Buzz and his manager on one of their flights from the South Pole to New Zealand via McMurdo.

[RobDickinson]

Drove past the hospital this morning. IMO that makes me and Buzz best mates or something.

[TheExcession]

W.T.F. was he doing down there?

[Sheepshanks]

I wondered why he'd suddenly started appearing in porridge adverts.

[RobDickinson]

TheExcession said:

W.T.F. was he doing down there?

Off to Weta digital for another 'moon landing'

[davepoth]

TheExcession said:

W.T.F. was he doing down there?

Because he's Buzz Aldrin, obviously.

[CrutyRammers]

davepoth said:

Because he's Buzz Aldrin, obviously.

Went to one of his talks earlier this year. He's not a guy who believes in living within his boundaries.

[FourWheelDrift]

TheExcession said:

W.T.F. was he doing down there?

Private excursion tour, White Desert Tourism. - http://www.white-desert.com/

He was tweeting about it - https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz

[FN2TypeR]

Sheepshanks said:

I wondered why he'd suddenly started appearing in porridge adverts.

Greedy old bd?

[Eric Mc]

Like the t-shirt.

Hang in their Buzz.

[Hainey]

An incredible man. Good luck to him.

[Hilts]

Always looks young for his age. Good right cross on him too.

Don't mention moon hoax!

[MartG]

"Pulmonary edema is a serious medical condition, but New Zealand has some fine physicians . His edema may be altitude related. The camp he was visiting in Antarctica is at 10,000-feet elevation. Extended stays at that altitude can cause any of us to develop fluid in our lungs. He should have a full recovery with no lasting effects after this episode. Stay away from high places, Buzz. Unless you are wearing a spacesuit, that is."

[Troubleatmill]

A man who did something quite extraordinary when the cutting edge echnology was dumber than the smartphone you had 15 years ago.

Balls of steel.

Dofs cap..

[aka_kerrly]

MartG said:

He should have a full recovery with no lasting effects after this episode. Stay away from high places, Buzz. Unless you are wearing a spacesuit, that is."

That's good news.

In bold, that's rather amusing.

[Mr GrimNasty]

And a climate change heretic too - that takes more guts than anything else these days.

[Fat Fairy]

ash73 said:

I wasn't aware he's a climate scientist.

Well, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and a Sc.D. degree in astronautics.
Similar kind of level and relevance to Climate as R.K Pachauri's MS in Industrial Engineering, and a PhD with co-majors in Industrial Engineering and Economics.

FF