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by bootload 5052 days ago
"... at least a billion people out there who still think this guy: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5903HR.jpg is Neil Armstrong ..."

Even a cursory look reveals the astronaut has a name tag with "E ALDRIN" on it. Neil's always in the reflection of Aldrins visor.

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That's a little more than "cursory" - I know I've never looked closely enough to read the nametag.
In the Apollo 14 mission ~ http://www.digplanet.com/wiki/Apollo_14 NASA introduced red stripes (Public Affairs stripes) to make media identification b/w COM & LMP (Lunar Module Pilot) easier ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_space_suit