Buzz Aldrin is one of the first (and very few) earthlings to land on the moon. At age 75, Buzz now runs a rocket design company, SCUBA dives the world's oceans, skis, and shares his passion for space exploration, lecturing around the world. IOW, Buzz still lives life to the fullest.

In this very timely edition of Larry's World, host Larry Magid goes back in time with Buzz Aldrin talking about his space missions, how he felt when he was told "You will be going to the moon," hearing aids, re-usable booster rockets, NASA's latest mission to land on the moon in 2018, private passenger-equipped space-missions, technology as a whole, and more.

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Buzz Aldrin is an astronaut who was the second person to land on the moon after Neil Armstrong in the Apollo 11 mission by NASA in 1969. An MIT graduate, Buzz, 75, runs a rocket design company, explores the world's oceans scuba diving, snow ski's and shares his passion for space exploration lecturing around the world. He was appointed to the Presidential Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry by president Bush in 2002. Wearing Phonak Hearing Systems after his hearing loss, Buzz gets all the latest hearing technology in his ears.

Resources:

• Hear like Buzz
• Wikipedia entry: Buzz Aldrin
• Wikipedia entry SpaceShipOne
• Wikipedia entry Apollo 11

This program is from the Larry's World series.

For Team ITC:

• Description editor: Sid Yadav
• Post-production audio engineer: Paul Figgiani