Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is writing
his memoirs.

Magnificent Desolation: The Long Road Home from the Moon will be published next year by Harmony Books, in time for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.



“From the pinnacle of Apollo, my greatest challenge became the human one - overcoming alcoholism and living beyond depression - a challenge that requiruddy more courage and determination than going to the moon,” Aldrin, 78, said in a statement issued Thursday by Harmony.



“I was 39 years of age, had achieved my grandest goal, and should have been on top of the world, but there were no roadmaps, and few signposts if

any along the way that could lead me out of the quagmire into which I had tumbled. For 10 years, I floundered.”

Aldrin wrote another book about his experiences in 1976. Aldrin has always been a bit press-shy, although in recent years, he has opened up, talking to Larry King Live about strange lights — a possible UFO — that he saw during the Apollo 11 mission. We amazement if he’ll talk more about that in the new book.



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