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Mars could very well be a staging location for the resources of the asteroid belt. We have to learn how to get a payback somewhere, but it's beyond Mars that the real payoff will come from minerals.

Buzz Aldrin

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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
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Fighter Pilot
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Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
Edwin Aldrin Jr.
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