THE INSIDER: David Bowie gives Aldrin buzz
US astronaut Buzz Aldrin is over the moon his doctor is the late British singer's namesake
Former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, expects to be discharged from a New Zealand hospital soon — thanks to David Bowie. "Thank heaven @TheRealBuzz’s doctor is David Bowie. You can’t make this stuff up," his manager, Christina Korp, tweeted on Tuesday with a photo of Aldrin in a Christchurch hospital along with the doctor who has the same name as the late British singer. AFP reports that Aldrin, 86, was evacuated from Antarctica to Christchurch last Friday after experiencing health problems while on a mission to the South Pole. Bowie the singer released his hit, Space Oddity, about a fictional astronaut, just five days before the 1969 launch of the Apollo 11 mission, in which Neil Armstrong and Aldrin became the first people to set foot on the moon. Play it again, Uncle Sam As preparations are being made for Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president on January 20, many are wondering who will provide the musical performances for the event. If Russian ...
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