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The former NASA astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, was remarkably absent at a 50th anniversary gala marking the first landing on the Moon, even though his non-purpose space education foundation lucrative is a sponsor. 19659002] The Apollo Black Tie Celebration Gala held under a Saturn V rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday night featured a group discussion by astronauts, an awards ceremony, and an auction of space memorabilia
]. This event, whose British physicist Brian Cox presented Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson with the Innovation Award of the ShareSpace Foundation
Branson, whose company is developing a new generation of commercial spacecraft, said in a video that the Apollo generation missions.
"There would be no Virgin Galactic, no Virgin Orbit and no spacecraft company there had not been Apollo astronauts and the mile
Aldrin's ShareSpace Foundation is one of the sponsors of the annual gala, which raises funds for science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics – or the world's largest. STEAM education – and
The ex-astronaut is missing a month after suing two of his adult children and a former corporate director, accusing them of misusing his credit cards , transferred money from an account and defamed him by saying that he had
Only a few weeks before the trial, Andrew and Jan Aldrin filed a petition claiming that their 88-year-old father suffered from loss of memory, delirium, paranoia and confusion
Andrew and Jan Aldrin, as well as management firms e Christina Korp, are on the board of directors of the foundation and attended the gala. The eldest son of Aldrin, James, is not involved in the legal fight.
Andrew Aldrin acknowledged the absence of his father during the gala
"We are sorry dad can not be here, I know some are disappointed," Aldrin said. "In the end, we create the first generation of Martians."
Buzz Aldrin, along with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, was part of the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first two humans on the moon on July 20, 1969.
