Buzz Aldrin named honorary consul general to moon
Los Angeles County has given moonwalker Buzz Aldrin a new a title — honorary consul general to the moon.
Forty years after Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first men to walk on the moon, county supervisors on Tuesday saluted the contribution of veterans to America's space program. The 79-year-old Aldrin was an Air Force veteran before joining NASA.
Aldrin thanked the supervisors for their support and called on the federal government to lead an international effort to colonize another planet, clean up space debris and pursue commercial opportunities in space.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press
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