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malaise

(267,455 posts)
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:16 PM Dec 2016

John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin

Both are in hospital but did you ever imagine this

Buzz Aldrin, the famed former NASA astronaut who was the second man to walk on the moon, had to be evacuated Thursday from a personal expedition to the South Pole after exhibiting signs of altitude sickness.

But in a twist that, well, blows our minds, Aldrin landed at a hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he was treated by none other than .?.?. a David Bowie.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/12/06/buzz-aldrin-being-treated-by-a-doctor-named-david-bowie-yes-after-south-pole-evacuation/?utm_term=.23c5bbad40fa

Yes the doctor's name is David Bowie

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John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin (Original Post) malaise Dec 2016 OP
Someone's parents mercuryblues Dec 2016 #1
It's perfect malaise Dec 2016 #2
Maybe the Dr. will treat another astronaut named Major Tom??? sdfernando Dec 2016 #3

mercuryblues

(14,464 posts)
1. Someone's parents
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:19 PM
Dec 2016

had a good sense of humor. Who would have thought when they named him, he would become a doctor who would treat a man who went to space?

malaise

(267,455 posts)
2. It's perfect
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:30 PM
Dec 2016

Who would have thought Aldrin needed another thrill in Antarctica at his age and then get altitude sickness

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