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Space tourism is a logical outgrowth of the adventure tourist market.

Buzz Aldrin

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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
Air Force Officer
Astronaut
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Engineer
Fighter Pilot
Science Fiction Writer
Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
Edwin Aldrin Jr.
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My sister called me Buzzard when I was a baby - she couldn't say Brother so I've been Buzz my whole life.
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I was given permission to serve myself Communion, with wine and a wafer, on the surface on the Moon. But I was advised not to say anything about it at the time. Someone had strongly objected to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Bible. We didn't want to get into any further trouble with the religious critics.
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I don't think we're going to build a 50-person spacecraft or a 100-person spacecraft.
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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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As time goes by, I'm increasingly impressed by how very special and timely it was that we got the degree of national commitment needed to put people on the Moon. For the first time, this nation was united in trying to develop an interplanetary capability. We've been trying to repeat that situation ever since.
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I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged.
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It's not easy to get human beings into orbit. So far only three nations have been able to do that, with all the resources that they put together. And I'm just a little skeptical that that's going to be done by the private sector without making use of what has been done by the government.
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For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.
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The view from space is like having a globe on your desk -- it's a broadening experience.
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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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I felt pretty confident in relieving myself, since I had the urge.
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Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag.
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Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.
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We need the next generation to be motivated and to push technological boundaries, to seek out new innovations.
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Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.
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