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Buzz Aldrin

American Astronaut

Born: Jan 20, 1930

Moon People Space Think Will You

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Just as Mars - a desert planet - gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing back to life portions of the Red Planet through the application of Earth Science to its similar chemistry, possibly reawakening its life-bearing potential. Buzz Aldrin

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I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain expectations about what would be a reasonable and desirable position to be assigned to after my years of service. Buzz Aldrin

Service Air Force First Back Air Astronaut Would Would-Be About Had Force Return Been Years Person Expectations After Certain Reasonable Who Navy Assigned Desirable Marine Position

Bringing an asteroid back to Earth? What's that have to do with space exploration? If we were moving outward from there, and an asteroid is a good stopping point, then fine. But now it's turned into a whole planetary defense exercise at the cost of our outward exploration. Buzz Aldrin

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Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into a barren landscape. By exploring and understanding Mars, we may gain key insights into the past and future of our own world. Buzz Aldrin

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As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound. Buzz Aldrin

The leader of an Earth organization who makes a commitment to history - of humans living on Earth, to begin permanent settlement/occupation of not the moon, but of another planet - this leader will have a legacy for history that will supersede Columbus, Genghis Khan or almost any recognized leader. Buzz Aldrin

Who put their foot in the Missouri River first: Lewis or Clark? Who cares! Buzz Aldrin

First Cares Clark Foot River Put Missouri Who Who Cares Lewis

Astronauts working for the government will always need to be either pilots or mission specialists. Those who want to be pilots should have military experience - ideally, a test pilot background. Buzz Aldrin

Growing up, I was fascinated with Buck Rogers' airplanes. As I began to mature in World War II, it became jets and rocket planes. But it was always in the air. Buzz Aldrin

War World Air Airplane Buck Became Always Rocket Began Up Mature Rogers Planes Fascinated Growing Growing Up Jets World War World War II

We should've asked China to be a portion of the space station. We should've worked out ways that we can... just give away the technology that we have that puts things up into space, with cooperation up above the atmosphere that's needed to help each other. Buzz Aldrin

Technology Space Other Ways Station Out Atmosphere Above Give Puts Up Just Space Station China Worked Asked Help Each Cooperation Away Portion Things Needed

Going back to the moon is not visionary in restoring space leadership for America. Like its Apollo predecessor, it will prove to be a dead end littered with broken spacecraft, broken dreams and broken policies. Buzz Aldrin

The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world. Buzz Aldrin

Technology World Will First Mark Anchor Ourselves Enterprise Mars Tenacity Another Matched Historic Human Requires Milestone

As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. Buzz Aldrin

Science Student Wrote Science Fiction Reports Fiction English

I am excited to think that the development of commercial capabilities to send humans into low Earth orbit will likely result in so many more Earthlings being able to experience the transformative power of space flight. Buzz Aldrin

Experience Result Space Will Power Think Earth Able More Excited Development Likely Am Commercial Send Orbit Being Transformative Capabilities Low Flight Many Humans

Landing in the ocean and waiting for the Navy to come alongside and haul you out of the drink is what space capsules require. And after the capsule is recovered, it would take weeks for the ship to return to port. Buzz Aldrin

The much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing. Buzz Aldrin

Nothing About Ado Much

Save the taxpayer's money by canceling the Ares 1 and V. Buzz Aldrin

Money Taxpayer Save

A hybrid human-robot mission to investigate an asteroid affords a realistic opportunity to demonstrate new technological capabilities for future deep-space travel and to test spacecraft for long-duration spaceflight. Buzz Aldrin

Future Travel Opportunity Realistic Asteroid Hybrid Investigate New Mission Demonstrate Test Affords Spacecraft Capabilities Technological

I'm convinced that sending people to Mars is so expensive that if you go once and bring the people back and then go again and bring the people back, we're eventually going to run out of money. But what if we send people the first time and they don't come back? What if they stay there? Buzz Aldrin

Time You People Money First Back Once Out Run Stay Mars Come First Time Go What If Send Sending Going Expensive Again Then Convinced Eventually Bring

When you go to Mars, you need to have made the decision that you're there permanently. The more people we have there, the more it can become a sustaining environment. Except for very rare exceptions, the people who go to Mars shouldn't be coming back. Once you get on the surface, you're there. Buzz Aldrin

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