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This is a formal portrait of the surviving Apollo astronauts. That's Buzz Aldrin in the silver tux. I have to imagine the conversation went like this:

ALDRIN: Ok, let's get started
PHOTOGRAPH: Mr. Aldrin, you are aware that this is a formal portrait?
BA: I'm not an idiot son.
PG: Well your suit-
BA: Son, have you been to the moon?
PG: No sir.
BA: Well I have. The moon. The motherlovin' moon. In a tin can run by a calculator and powered by a can of sterno. (1/)

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MyCart

I find just cool and amazing history just scrolling here on Mastodon.

@drmaddkap

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DanS

@drmaddkap He’s the OG Buzz Lightyear. He coulda worn his space helmet in the photo and everyone would have been fine with it.

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Sylvia_nc

@drmaddkap silver tux and mismatched socks.

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Paul Chambers :chambers:

@drmaddkap I want to know the story why Aldrin is wearing Bill Nye's 2017 suit in 2019. 😂

Buzz Aldrin and Bill Nye
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Chris Young

@drmaddkap I applaud him for it. Stuffy formal wear can get stuffed. Nicely done.

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Feminazgûl

@drmaddkap also: his socks!

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sudo food ==

@drmaddkap Odd socks, well, a pair in as much as there are stars one side and stripes the other.
The odd socks rule is any colour goes, but if it's red it goes on the port side, and if there's green it goes on the starboard side.
It's so people know which direction you're travelling in.
:ageblobcat:

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Ms AB ☕

@drmaddkap Didn't Aldrin get married recently? The man loves life clearly. More power to him!!! 🌛

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~n

@drmaddkap Strong "Name this band" vibes.

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Arakin

@drmaddkap it does draw the eye away from the Stars and Stripes socks 😁

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FurballsNHairballs

@drmaddkap
Wow so few left 😐

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midnightcommander (he/him/his)

@drmaddkap His socks ain't bad, either.

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Barry Schwartz 🤪

@drmaddkap What’s that thing Charlie Duke is wearing?

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Bonkers

@drmaddkap they broke the mold with this guy. absolutely legend.

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Josh :phillies_vintage:

@drmaddkap I used to live across the street from a gentleman who was a programmer on a number of the Apollo missions, made a fortune with Xerox in the 70's and then settled down to a life of mowing his enormous lawn in central PA. One day, I was out mowing my own much more modest lawn, and he and I got to talking. He asked to see my phone (an old Motorola RAZR) and he said, "This here phone has more computing power than the Apollo command modules did. If we wanted to update code, we had to (1/2)

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nSonic

@drmaddkap @chrismarquardt was für ein tolles Gruppenfoto! Die Beleuchtung mag ich.

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Trammell Hudson

@drmaddkap did they make Michael Collins wait outside the portrait studio?

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Alchemist

@drmaddkap Buzz Aldrin Rules!

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Twobiscuits

@drmaddkap maybe it's *made* out of space suit

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Pascaline 🌻

@drmaddkap
Ik vond die foto heeeeeerlijk ❤️
Ook heel leuk dat hij recent is getrouwd, gewoon leven.

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