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We need to begin thinking about building permanence on the Red Planet, not just have voyagers do some experiments, plant a flag and claim success. Having them go there, repeat this, in my view, is dim-witted. Why not stay there?

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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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