Buzz Aldrin stood alongside President Donald Trump on Friday before he signed an executive order reestablishing the National Space Council.

The order, Trump said -- as seen in the Washington Post video below -- would be "a crucial step to secure America's future in space."

But as Trump continued to deliver his remarks on the importance of the move, Aldrin, 87, who grew up in Montclair and became the second person to walk on the moon in 1969, cast several sidelong glances at the president.

The former astronaut seemed nonplussed when Trump said this of Vice President Pence, who will chair the council, which was disbanded in 1993:

"Mike's very much into space."

Another comment from Trump that triggered a raised eyebrow from Aldrin -- "At some point in the future, we're going to look back and say how did we do it without space?"

Sitting down to sign the order, Trump addressed the assembled crowd, which included three other astronauts.

"Know what this is? Space!" he said. "That's all it has to say is 'space.' There's a lot of room out there, right?" he continued, looking at Aldrin.

"To infinity and beyond!" Aldrin riffed in reply, quoting the "Toy Story" character Buzz Lightyear. The assembled group broke out in laughter.

But Trump continued.

"This was infinity," he said. "Could be infinity, we really don't know yet. But it could be. There's gotta be something, but it could be infinity, right?"

The ... interesting ... phrasing and Aldrin's response to Trump's speech was not lost on the tweeting public. Neither was the fact that in addition to Aldrin and male astronauts Alvin Drew and David Wolf, all mentioned by Pence, astronaut Sandy Magnus, a woman who is now executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was also present but not recognized in his remarks.

Some figured that Aldrin's "Toy Story" reference went entirely over the president's head, and many used the Jersey astronaut's expressions as a guide to the sometimes puzzling announcement.

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