Who Could Ever Compete With The Moon? The True Stories Of The Astronaut Wives Club

Things Changed When The Men Came Back From Space

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Cheating wasn’t the only reason that some of the marriages ended. Many wives reported feeling like their husbands had come back from their missions changed in some way. According to nurses that treated the men when they came back to earth, they had a “wild look”.

“Who could ever compete with the moon?” said Faye Stafford. “I was lucky if I could come in second.” The ex-wife of Buzz Aldrin claimed that her husband returned to her “heartbreakingly cold”. She could do nothing as he turned to alcohol, sinking further into depression. “I was always alone,” said Joan Aldrin. “I am a talker and I’m very direct. It was hard for me.”