Some of the heroes were evil, lived their experience lunar. 23 of the 24 astronauts went to the Moon were test pilots or former aviators in the military, so they had already been confronted with the death of a loved one, and severe accidents. “All of the astronauts of Apollo were the drivers of the exception, the cream of the cream, all of which had experienced dangerous situations and sometimes tragic during flight tests or assignments, in particular during the Korean war, for some of them,” says Serge Chevrel, an astronomer at Irap (research Institute in astrophysics and planetology) in Toulouse.

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“On their return, they all experienced a period of lack that can for some lead to a depression, more or less important”

Serge Chevrel, astronomer at Irap

However, he adds, “they have all learned to excel by going to the Moon or walking on its surface. This is not an ordinary experience. On their return, they all experienced a period of lack that can for some lead to a depression, more or less important. They could not overtake them.” Buzz Aldrin and Charles …

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