Tony Dokoupil mistakenly thought astronaut Buzz Aldrin was dead while debating the moon landing with his CBS Mornings coanchors.

During the Friday, October 31, episode of CBS Mornings, Dokoupil, 44, Nate Burleson and Gayle King were discussing Kim Kardashian’s controversial comments about the moon landing, leading to a spirited conversation between the journalists.

“We’re talking five or so decades we haven’t been back,” Burleson said, offering a defense to Kardashian’s perspective. “Now, I get it. NASA has said in the past it’s too expensive or the hype has died down or priorities have shifted for the U.S. in our plans to go to the moon. But yet and still, we haven’t been back.”

Burleson added that he was “not saying” that Kardashian was “right” but “her curiosities are fair.”

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