{"id":6070,"date":"2010-01-20T23:40:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T23:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/do-this-quick\/"},"modified":"2010-01-20T23:40:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T23:40:56","slug":"do-this-quick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/do-this-quick.php","title":{"rendered":"Do This QUICK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes I dropped the ball on this one, not paying enough attention to the goings on of the <a title=\"Visit the Planetary Society\" href=\"http:\/\/planetary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Society<\/a>.&nbsp; Shame on me because they ROCK!&nbsp; GO SOLAR SAIL 2!!<\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/3b44d_buzz012010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/3b44d_buzz012010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><p>The mark of Buzz on the Moon on July 20, 1969.  Click for larger. Credit: NASA<\/p><\/div><p>There&rsquo;s Still Time to Sign Buzz&rsquo;s Birthday Card (click either of the links below)<br>Join Thousands to wish Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Happy Birthday!<\/p><p>Buzz Aldrin has walked on the Moon, rapped about the Rocket Experience, and served as a tireless advocate for exploring the high frontier. Next week, the Apollo 11 astronaut turns 80 on January 20, 2010, and well-wishers worldwide can join The Planetary Society in saying Happy Birthday.<\/p><p>&ldquo;A man and a milestone in the history of human exploration. Thank you, Buzz, for your willpower and determination&hellip; Happy Birthday!!&rdquo;<\/p><p>To honor the man who has contributed so much to space exploration and the world, The Planetary Society is <a title=\"YAY Buzz!! Send your greetings!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/special\/fromearth\/buzz\/\" target=\"_blank\">collecting birthday greetings<\/a>. The Society will present a giant birthday card to Buzz, that conveys the good wishes and thanks of thousands of people, who have been inspired by his achievements and lifetime of space advocacy.<br>&ldquo;Many have promised the Moon. You delivered it.&rdquo;<\/p><p>To date, The Planetary Society has gathered over 6,000 messages from well-wishers in 85 countries. One parent sent a message from his sons, aged 3 and 5, named Armstrong and Aldrin. Others recounted their joy in meeting Buzz at one of his many public appearances through the years.<\/p><p>&ldquo;Happy Birthday from an 11-year old fan! You signed my book in Pasadena, CA and I will always keep it! You are my hero!&rdquo;<\/p><p>Many recalled the moment they watched the first humans step foot on another world.<\/p><p>&ldquo;When I was 8, our teacher allowed us to watch the Apollo 11 moon landing on a B&amp;W TV in the grade school cafeteria. We all clapped and shouted when the lunar module touched down. In 2010, we&rsquo;re all still clapping and shouting! Happy 80th Birthday!&rdquo;<br>But perhaps the most poignant was the simple question from a man in Indonesia:<br>&ldquo;When will you go again?&rdquo;<br>There is still time for people to send their birthday greetings to Buzz. Messages will be collected until Thursday, January 21, 2010.<\/p><p>Buzz is a hero no doubt about it!&nbsp; <a title=\"YAY Buzz!! Send your greetings!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/special\/fromearth\/buzz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Birthday Buzz<\/a>!!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes I dropped the ball on this one, not paying enough attention to the goings on of the Planetary Society.&nbsp; Shame on me because they ROCK!&nbsp; GO SOLAR SAIL 2!!The mark of Buzz on the Moon on July 20, 1969. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/do-this-quick.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}