Buzz Aldrin is recovering in hospital thanks to David Bowie M.D., yes really

Out of this world.
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Elise Cooper
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The second man on the moon has had a hell of a week.

While accompanying a tourist group to the icy plains of Antarctica, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin's health took a worrying turn.

The 87-year-old was airlifted to nearby New Zealand after his "condition deteriorated," according to a statement.


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By curious happenstance, the Apollo 11 pilot saw his path to recovery supervised by one David Bowie -- the medical doctor that is, not the late musical and Space God.

Aldrin's mission director Christina Korp tweeted out a picture of the two men deep in conversation, alongside Bowie's MD plaque at the Canterbury Hospital, joking "you can't make this stuff up."

The former real life space man's Twitter game has been strong, since his admittance to hospital, with hilarious recovery antics documented by Korp and Aldrin -- from driving nurses nuts to some genius subtweeting about Kim Kardashian.

Aldrin remains in medical quarantine, but if Korp's Twitter feed is anything to go by, Dr. Bowie may have worked a different kind of star dust, and the moon walker will be back to exploring the vast reaches of this earth sometime soon.

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