To say that Buzz Aldrin is legendary wouldn’t be an overstatement. Not only was he the second man to walk on the moon, but he’s also a passionate advocate for space exploration and education, a science fiction fan and he was also made an honorary member of the Guardians of the Galaxy at San Diego Comic-Con a few years ago, wearing the Infinity Gauntlet a few years before Thanos would wield it in Avengers: Infinity War.
And, just like the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, all of those things are a little bit connected in the grand scheme of things. Aldrin recently spoke with ComicBook.com in support of a small documentary, The Man Who Unlocked the Universe, about Ulugh Beg, a 15th century Timurid mathematician, ruler, and astronomer who may not be a household name but has had a great impact aviation, space travel, and even science fiction, a path that Aldrin can trace through his own life and experiences.
“I get picked for a lot of interesting things, that this is one of the really most enlightening that has occurred recently,” Aldrin said. “And I’m so real happy to be a part of it because it allows me to connect the pioneers of aviation, a number of which my father knew and through that I got to be familiar with the names of the father of American rocketry. Robert Goddard was my father’s physics professor, and the Wright brothers were people that were a little bit earlier, but dad knew who they were; Billy Mitchell, who did a few things, are early folks.”
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