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I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.

Buzz Aldrin

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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
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Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
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You need propellants to accelerate toward Mars, then to decelerate at Mars, again to re-accelerate from Mars to Earth, and finally to decelerate back at Earth. Accordingly, the mass of these required propellants, in short, drives our need for innovative launch vehicles.
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The beauty of Hawaii probably surpasses other places. I like the Big Island and the two mountains, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, where you can look out at the stars.
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Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?
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Walking around on the moon was significantly easier than we'd thought it would be. There weren't any balance problems, so you weren't tumbling over.
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I still say, 'Shoot for the moon you might get there.'
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I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative.
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Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.
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My Sunday mornings are spent in a recovery meeting in Pacific Palisades.
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NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies.
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Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. And that's a joke.
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Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.
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'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.
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To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it.
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In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum.
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What comes after the moon? I think you can guess: Mars.
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Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.
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I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet - a mission by which we are building up a confidence level to become a two-planet species.
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Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities.
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Once you've been first, it cannot be done again. Not by you, not by anyone else.
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