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Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
“This is infinity here. It could be infinity. We don’t really don’t know. But it could be. It has to be something — but it could be infinity, right?”
By Mary Papenfuss |07/01/2017 09:22 pm ET | Updated 8 hours ago

Either Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin had a bad meal or he was as confused as we were about President Donald Trump’s comments on space and security Friday in the Oval Office.

The astronaut was at Trump’s side as the president announced a new executive order reestablishing the National Space Council — 24 years after it was last active — to direct space policy in his administration.

Trump’s remarks began with the president’s usual boasting: “We’re going to lead again like we never led before.” But he then appeared to claim all of space for the U.S., calling it the “next great American frontier.”

Trump also referred to space “providing the security that we need to protect the American people.” And he sent Aldrin’s eyebrows shooting up when he added, inexplicably, “At some point in the future, we’re going to look back and say, ‘How did we do it without space?’”

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“We know what this is, space. That’s all it has to say: space,” Trump said as he prepared to sign his executive order. He then turned to Aldrin and asked, “There’s a lot of room out there, right?”

“To infinity, and beyond,” Aldrin quipped as others laughed. But Trump apparently didn’t get the reference to Buzz Lightyear’s catchphrase in “Toy Story.”

“This is infinity here. It could be infinity,” Trump answered in a rambling response. “We don’t really don’t know. But it could be. It has to be something — but it could be infinity, right?”

Besides Aldrin, three other astronauts also joined the president in the Oval Office for the ceremony. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, however, only introduced the men — Aldrin, former astronaut David Wolf and current astronaut Benjamin Alvin Drew— and failed to mention the lone female astronaut on the scene, Sandy Magnus, The Washington Post reported. Magnus is currently the executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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Excerpt.  Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-national-space-council_us_59581eeee4b05c37bb7ed0f7
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2017, 09:59:17 pm »
No one makes fun out of my favorite astronaut  :patriot:
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2017, 10:01:51 pm »
“We’re going to lead again like we never led before.”
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2017, 10:06:46 pm »
“We’re going to lead again like we never led before.”


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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2017, 10:11:09 pm »
President Trump proudly exclaimed that his policies will turn the space program around by 360 degrees!!
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2017, 10:17:47 pm »
Sounds like a pissy writer who wouldn't be satisfied regardless of what Trump said.

Trumps talking about America being a leader.  Good grief what the heck is wrong with that.
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2017, 10:22:26 pm »
President Trump proudly exclaimed that his policies will turn the space program around by 360 degrees!!

Did he really?

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« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2017, 10:24:31 pm »
President Trump proudly exclaimed that his policies will turn the space program around by 360 degrees!!
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2017, 10:25:41 pm »
Did he really?


No. It's an old joke from decades ago. A basketball team hired a new coach, and in his first interview he said that he would turn the team around by 360 degrees. Jason Kidd


But, it does sound like something Trump would say.
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2017, 10:28:16 pm »
Sounds like a pissy writer who wouldn't be satisfied regardless of what Trump said.

Trumps talking about America being a leader.  Good grief what the heck is wrong with that.

You know very well what is wrong with that, here.
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2017, 10:35:57 pm »
You know very well what is wrong with that, here.

Yes people who wouldn't be happy with anything.  Screw em
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2017, 11:47:16 pm »
Yes people who wouldn't be happy with anything.  Screw em

Today I read articles about

US military commanders being given more leeway than they had under Obama to fight ISIS in Iraq

Illegal aliens choosing to stay home because of US policy changes

GOP finally beginning to warm to the idea of repealing ACA

Economy growing faster than expected at a 3.7% annualized rate

But hey look, Buzz Aldrin made funny faces while Trump spoke.
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2017, 11:55:32 pm »
Sounds like a pissy writer who wouldn't be satisfied regardless of what Trump said.

Trumps talking about America being a leader.  Good grief what the heck is wrong with that.

No, he bumbled around incoherently. 

“At some point in the future, we’re going to look back and say, ‘How did we do it without space?’”

Huh?  "do it without space"?  That sounds like he's saying that we don't need space, but we will look back and be baffled that we actually achieved it (whatever that is) without space.  That's not leading, that's fumbling and bumbling.

We can be generous and read his lines as if he's saying "how were we able to do it before we were in space", but the line before that one was about "security".  Heck, we've had satellites up for decades.  Is he really talking about arming space, or is this initiative just to increase the bureaucracy by moving space from the USAF?

But wait, that previous line also talks about space and space exploration.  So what is the "it"?

How were we able to do security without space?
How were we able to do space without space?
How were we able to do space exploration without space?

So, see?  We're being generous and hoping he meant the former.

“We know what this is, space. That’s all it has to say: space,”

What in the heck does that mean, or what relevance is the claim?

“This is infinity here. It could be infinity,” Trump answered in a rambling response. “We don’t really don’t know. But it could be. It has to be something — but it could be infinity, right?”

LOL...you actually think that's "leadership" and not ridiculous?

Okay, so let's go to his comment on leadership.

“We’re going to lead again like we never led before.”

Well, if we've never led like that, how can we lead again like it?


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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2017, 11:58:52 pm »
Today I read articles about

US military commanders being given more leeway than they had under Obama to fight ISIS in Iraq

Illegal aliens choosing to stay home because of US policy changes

GOP finally beginning to warm to the idea of repealing ACA

Economy growing faster than expected at a 3.7% annualized rate

But hey look, Buzz Aldrin made funny faces while Trump spoke.

And positive quotes weren't given on those articles?
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #15 on: July 04, 2017, 12:00:05 am »
And positive quotes weren't given on those articles?

They were very lonely threads.

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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #16 on: July 04, 2017, 12:53:25 am »
They were very lonely threads.

What I find interesting is that when I search on those, I get nothing.  I look in Immigration for one like the one you said about illegal aliens, and see nothing posted today.

No wonder they're lonely, if they don't even show up!

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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #17 on: July 04, 2017, 03:41:07 am »
What I find interesting is that when I search on those, I get nothing.  I look in Immigration for one like the one you said about illegal aliens, and see nothing posted today.

No wonder they're lonely, if they don't even show up!

Consider this one indicative of the typical 'Trump did good' thread.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,270121.msg1376056.html#msg1376056

Good news, no?


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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #18 on: July 04, 2017, 03:38:54 pm »
Consider this one indicative of the typical 'Trump did good' thread.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,270121.msg1376056.html#msg1376056

Good news, no?

Not really "news" but, in any case, it's great.  I feel I have nothing more to contribute to the thread, but posted just because you've pointed it out.

So do we want a bunch of threads with just  :thumbsup: and complain if everyone agrees?

A short thread might mean that people agree with others--a sign of harmony on what's put forth.  That should be a good thing, and a sign that nevertrumpers DON'T just attack anything Trump does. 
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #19 on: July 04, 2017, 07:40:33 pm »
Missed this when it was posted.

Really funny stuff.
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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #21 on: July 05, 2017, 08:23:39 pm »
Reportedly, Buzz got a little cranked up because he was referred to as "the second man on the Moon" -- he was merely the second to step out onto the Moon, he and Armstrong landed simultaneously.  :)


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Re: Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump’s Space Talk
« Reply #22 on: July 06, 2017, 12:48:02 am »
You mean to tell me, @SunkenCiv, the other guy was a little light in the loafers? Must have been a helluva ride to the moon and back. 
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