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Aldrin Likes Nowak's Grit, Bladder Control

Posted Sep 10, 07 7:31 PM CDT in US,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Second man on the moon Buzz Aldrin salutes lovesick astronaut Lisa Nowak's gritty restroom-less cross-country drive, telling Time: "I think Nowak should be admired for traveling across the country at night and not getting out of her car to put in gas or go to the restroom," he says. 

While not excusing Nowak's actions, Aldrin called it "understandable for an achiever to fall into a trap." Aldrin also said it's hard for astronauts—who are only human—to live up to the pedestal they're placed on. "Returning to Earth was challenging for me," says Aldrin, who struggled with alcohol and depression after his moon mission.

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This Nov. 1966 photo made by astronaut James Lovell and released by NASA shows Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr., pilot of the Gemini XII spacecraft, walking in space on the second day of the four day mission....   (Associated Press)
Former NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin arrives for the premiere of the "In the Shadow of the Moon," Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, at the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in New York. (AP Photo/Henny...   (Associated Press)
Former NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin arrives for the premiere of the "In the Shadow of the Moon," Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in New York....   (Associated Press)
Lisa Nowak makes a brief statement to the media outside the courtroom after a hearing at the Orange County courthouse in Orlando, Fla. in this Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 file photo. Former astronaut Lisa Nowak...   (Associated Press)
Former astronaut Lisa Nowak, left, looks on along with her attorney Cheney Mason during a hearing at the Orange County courthouse in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Aug. 24, 2007. Nowak, accused of attacking a...   (Associated Press)
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