If being a part of the first moon landing wasn’t enough, Buzz Aldrin is now involved in the first animated movie made for 3D! Animal Fair caught up with Aldrin, who was hanging out with his granddog Sahara, safely grounded on Earth.
Fly Me to the Moon, released in August 2008, tells the tale of three young flies who, looking for adventure, find themselves on the Apollo 11 spacecraft heading for the moon. Despite being aimed at children, Fly Me to the Moon is full of humorous 1960’s references for the parents in the audience. “The grandpa fly has an affair with a Russian fly,” reveals Aldrin.
There is an animated version of Buzz Aldrin aboard the spaceship in the film, but Aldrin’s personal role in Fly Me to the Moon is at the end. “I wanted to assure them that… there’s just no way that any flies could get on board that spacecraft.” Aldrin laughed while adding that his speech is sort of tongue-in cheek, since “we’re talking about an animated film with fictitious flies.”
Aldrin’s Russian relations didn’t end with the space race. His son was a dog trainer for Russian Wolfhounds, called Borzois. These Russians, though, probably weren’t smart enough to build spacecraft. Aldrin’s Borzois would “stick together and they’d go prancing around, and they’d forget to come back home again. So we’d have to go out and chase them.” It’s a good thing they weren’t space walking – especially since Aldrin noted that a ‘doggie paddle’ in space’s zero-gravity would get dogs nowhere!
Aldrin and his wife, Lois, are more cat people. In fact, the couple had a portrait done, and Aldrin believes that, looking at the painting, “we began… to look like the cats!”
Buzz and Lois Aldrin aren’t turning into each other, though. Aldrin credits keeping their puppy love alive to their symbiotic relationship. “We augment each other,” he says. Aldrin hopes their “togetherness becomes a little inspirational to some of the people we encounter.”
Sahara, Aldrin’s granddog doesn’t have the same opinions about togetherness as Aldrin. “Sahara kind of has a mind of her own. She wants to pick up something and then give it to you, but really not give it to you, ’cause as soon as you want to take it, then away it goes.” I wonder if Sahara would enjoy playing keep-away with moon rocks?
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