I think it’s pretty obvious that the nutjob was trying to provoke exactly that sort of response out of Aldrin, and that’s the primary reason why I think Aldrin should get a free pass. He had a film crew there and he wanted to get good footage for his documentary or whatever.
Bart Sibrel makes his living off moon landing denial, and has ambushed multiple astronauts and insisted they swear on the bible that they went to the moon. It was all a PR stunt because he could spin literally outcome to further convince his followers that he’s right.
I think it’s pretty obvious that the nutjob was trying to provoke exactly that sort of response out of Aldrin, and that’s the primary reason why I think Aldrin should get a free pass. He had a film crew there and he wanted to get good footage for his documentary or whatever.
Bart Sibrel makes his living off moon landing denial, and has ambushed multiple astronauts and insisted they swear on the bible that they went to the moon. It was all a PR stunt because he could spin literally outcome to further convince his followers that he’s right.
I don’t even think he’s nuts but a conman.