 JimEspo says: I did not know this. Whatever your faith, you have to appreciate Aldrin's commitment to his and what he considered important. In his words, "...I gave thanks for the intelligence and spirit that had brought two young pilots to the Sea of Tranquility. It was interesting for me to think: the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the very first food eaten there, were the communion elements." I'm almost positive this is impossible. Due to the vaccum of space, There would be no heat energy to keep the wine from freezing; In addition, unless he had this INSIDE his space suit, there would be no way for him to consume these. Here's another source for this story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 ..."This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way."[7] He then took Communion, privately. At this time, NASA was still fighting a lawsuit brought by atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair (who had objected to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Book of Genesis), which demanded that their astronauts refrain from religious activities while in space. As such, Aldrin (an Episcopalian) chose to refrain from directly mentioning this. He h... |
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