Moon Landing

[Cervaise]

@Baldwin

Buzz Aldrin is Catholic. I think he got some kind of permission from his bishop. (Though I could be wrong. fortunately, the Church Police won’t knock down your door.)

I’m imagining some sort of crotch-specific airlock built into a moonsuit.

Well, that was an unexpected left turn.

[Chronos]

I’m Episcopalian, and with us laypeople can be commisioned to take the bread and wine to those that are, for good reasons, unable to come to the church. Homebound handicapped, those in the hospital, and so on. Of course priests can visit too, but they don’t always have time for doing everything themselves.

It’s the same situation with Catholics. No special dispensation from the bishop is needed; it’s completely routine and handled at the parish level.

ETA: Buzz might have handled it through his bishop anyway, just because it was such a high-visibility event, but he could have just talked to his priest, if he chose. I don’t know which route he actually pursued.

[chacoguy]

From Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolo_11#Launch_and_lunar_landing

The relevant part is just before the paragraph titled: “Lunar Surface Operations”