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I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things.

Buzz Aldrin

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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
Air Force Officer
Astronaut
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Engineer
Fighter Pilot
Science Fiction Writer
Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
Edwin Aldrin Jr.
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The universe is the way it is. It's not going to be changed by supplications.
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