Aldrin, 89, was presented with the Stephen Hawking Medal for Lifetime Achievement.  The former NASA astronaut told the audience: "There was a time when I was in his office in Cambridge and at that time I had been anxious that we should make a continuous orbit between Earth and Mars, and he started tapping out letters with his cheek, the way he did. 

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