Was H.P. Lovecraft's " COSMIC HORROR " on the Moon a factor in astronaut Buzz Aldrin's soon after state of mental depression ?

  [ " Buzz Aldrin Battled Depression and Alcohol Addiction After the Moon Landing. Exhausted and unsure of his future, the Apollo 11 astronaut struggled with his inner demons " ]

[ "My first words of my impression of being on the surface of the Moon that just came to my mind was 'Magnificent desolation.' The magnificence of human beings, humanity, Planet Earth, maturing the technologies, imagination and courage to expand our capabilities beyond the next ocean, to dream about being on the Moon, and then taking advantage of increases in technology and carrying out that dream - achieving that is magnificent testimony to humanity.

But it is also desolate - there is no place on earth as desolate as what I was viewing in those first moments on the Lunar Surface. Because I realized what I was looking at, towards the horizon and in every direction, had not changed in hundreds, thousands of years. Beyond me I could see the moon curving away - no atmosphere, black sky.

Cold. Colder than anyone could experience on Earth when the sun is up- but when the sun is up for 14 days, it gets very, very hot. No sign of life whatsoever.

That is desolate. More desolate than any place on Earth. " ]

 H.P. Lovecraft on dangerous scientific knowledge  :

[ "The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."]

   Ron Ruggieri , 75 Mathewson St. , Cranston, Rhode Island ( 401-580-7432 )