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Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-23-2015 04:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
SwissApollo will host astronaut Buzz Aldrin and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on Nov. 13, 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland for a special presentation, "The Moon Race."

More details will be announced on June 29 at a press conference in Switzerland.

BA002
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posted 08-29-2015 06:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for BA002   Click Here to Email BA002     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Does anybody know what to expect from the evening program? If my French is correct it says it is conducted in French, but I don't see Buzz Aldrin and Alexei Leonov do a lecture or anything in French so what exactly is their role in this "Conférence-spectacle"?

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posted 08-29-2015 08:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Apollo14LMP   Click Here to Email Apollo14LMP     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Do Easyjet fly to this location?

Buzz might speak English and Alexei Russian and then translated to French I feel... is that what they mean?

English translation available:

8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Conference-show "The Moon Race" (Language: French - rental helmets can to English or Russian)

Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-11-2015 11:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From Buzz Aldrin:
I just arrived in Geneva Switzerland for Swiss Apollo and I'm so happy to see my friend Alexei Leonov.

BA002
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posted 11-16-2015 02:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BA002   Click Here to Email BA002     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I took the plunge, flew to Switzerland and attended the "Conférence-spectacle." Well, a spectacle it was!

Buzz had brought a rock-and-roll band (I think the one in which Christina, his PA, usually sings) and Alexei Leonov was accompanied by the Russian Army Choir. So, the tales of these two legendary astronauts were interspersed with music to accompany some short movies, highlighting special moments in space history. Most memorable perhaps: the Russian national anthem was played as images of Yuri Gagarin's were shown. Alexei Leonov obviously stood up and it was almost as if you could see him reminiscing about his friend and colleague as the music played.

The setup was such that Buzz and Alexei took turns in taking us through the various steps in their careers and space flight in general. Alexei's Russian was directly translated into French. In the original announcement it was suggested that translation in English would be provided through headphones but this didn't materialize and although my French is good enough to get the general gist some of the finer points were lost to me.

Bertrand Piccard, of SolarImpulse and first balloon circumnavigation fame, briefly spoke about witnessing, as a boy, the Apollo 11 launch, quipping to Buzz that he had seen the launch whereas Buzz hadn't.

A woman who had known Yuri Gagarin when she was a young girl offered a few memories.

Obviously many of the stories are not new to space geeks but to hear, e.g. Leonov talk about his space walk is rather different than reading about it!

It took a lot longer than was scheduled, which left me with two problems: my camcorder's battery was not nearly adequate for the evening so if anyone can point me to a compete registration I'd be very grateful and I had to rush out of the building for the last metro back into the city centre at about midnight... so I missed the finale.

All in all a memorable evening and despite missing out on headphones and finale it was well worth the effort!

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posted 11-16-2015 04:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ronpur   Click Here to Email Ronpur     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What a mission it would have been to have them fly to the moon together....

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