Quotes by Astronauts

I realize that my life is not the common ordinary person. Buzz Aldrin
Life My Life Person Common Ordinary Ordinary Person Realize
My expertise is the space program and what it should be in the future based on my experience of looking at the transitions that we've made between pre-Sputnik days and getting to the moon. Buzz Aldrin
Future Experience Space Moon Made Looking Between Days Getting Space Program Expertise To The Moon Transitions Should Based Program
When I was a little kid, we only knew about our nine planets. Since then, we've downgraded Pluto but have discovered that other solar systems and stars are common. So life is probably quite prevalent. Buzz Aldrin
Life Solar Stars Other Nine Our Kid Systems Pluto About Only Knew Since Discovered Quite Common Little Then Little Kid Planets
Pascal Lee is a true pioneer of Mars exploration. Buzz Aldrin
Mars True Lee Pioneer Exploration
I have no intention of selling any more of the historical Apollo 11 items in my possession for the remainder of my life. I intend to pass a portion of these items on to my children and to loan the most important items for permanent display in suitable museums around the country. Buzz Aldrin
Life Loan My Life Country Important Suitable Possession No Intention More Most Around Pass Permanent Historical Items Selling Intend Any Intention The Most Important Children Apollo Display Portion Museums
If you want poets in space, you'll have to wait. Buzz Aldrin
You Wait Space Poets Want
Trips to Mars, the Moon, even orbit, will require that we provide astrotourists with as many comforts from home as possible, including paying each other. Buzz Aldrin
Home Will Moon Other Possible Mars Trips Comforts Provide Orbit Require Paying Many Even Each Including
I grew up in a country that I thought was special. And it was. Buzz Aldrin
Thought Country Up Grew Special
Mars has a bit of air pressure; maybe we can build up that atmosphere to be a bit more accommodating to humans. Buzz Aldrin
Pressure Build Air Bit Mars Atmosphere More Up Maybe Humans
What's aero braking? That's a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to sling shot a ship out either deeper into space, or slow it down to be 'captured' by Earth's gravity. Buzz Aldrin
Space Slow Down Earth Way Out Atmosphere Ship Upper Either Shot Use Captured Deeper Gravity
I'm urging NASA to foster the development of what I call 'runway landers.' No, that's not the name of a high stakes gambler from Vegas. It's a type of spacecraft that flies to orbit like the retiring Shuttles but then glides to a landing like an airplane on a runway. Just like the Shuttles do. Buzz Aldrin
Type Airplane High Runway Vegas Development Name Retiring Like Call NASA Orbit Just Spacecraft Stakes Landing Urging Then Gambler Flies Foster
When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps up, not another government-owned, government-managed enterprise. Buzz Aldrin
Time Space Will Building Enterprise Steps Industry Another Rocket Up Commercial Transports Deep Deep Space Start
With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program. Buzz Aldrin
Words Space President Our President Obama Obama Only Struggling His Space Program Deeds Program
There should be an international lunar base. That is certainly doable. Buzz Aldrin
Should Certainly International Base
Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat. Buzz Aldrin
Rights Problems Will Human Rights Somewhat Come Always Years Exist Human Maybe Lessen
Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence. Buzz Aldrin
Space Down Living Back Permanence Coming Up Getting Going Orbit Just Being Establishing Again Being There Presence
The moon I see now is the same moon I saw before. Except that before, when I looked at it, it was in anticipation of what it would be like when I got there. That's behind me now. Buzz Aldrin
Me Moon Before Saw Would Would-Be See Except Like Looked Got Anticipation Same Behind Now
People come up to me and say, 'It's too bad the space program got canceled.' This is not the case, and yet that is what most of the public thinks has happened. Buzz Aldrin
Me People Space Too Say Bad Case Come Most Got Up Space Program Happened Public Thinks Program
I understand that Detroit was a pretty rough place to grow up in the '70s and '80s. Buzz Aldrin
Pretty Detroit Understand Up Place Rough Grow Grow Up
I failed music when I was a teenager. Buzz Aldrin
Music Teenager Failed
I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty. Buzz Aldrin
Liberty Statue Statue Of Liberty Never New New Jersey Up Grew Jersey
To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself. Buzz Aldrin
Me Money Must Goal Itself Person Commodity Function
During the divorce process, I lived alone and tended to get extremely down on myself. Buzz Aldrin
Alone Myself Down Extremely Divorce Get Process Lived
I really hate to be put in the position of trying to justify something, a decision that was made. I'm a military guy: when a decision is made, I go along with it, whatever the manufactured controversy and criticism. Buzz Aldrin
Hate Decision Made Criticism Whatever Military Something Guy Put Along Go Trying Controversy Justify Really Position
Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job you could have as a test pilot was being an astronaut, so I volunteered. Charles Duke
Work Best You School Pilot Job Saw Months Astronaut Astronauts Out More Could Recruiting Volunteered Advert Said Got NASA Test Test Pilot Being After Two
My walk on the moon lasted three days. My walk with God will last forever. Charles Duke
God Walk Will Moon Three Lasted Days Forever Last
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