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The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars.

Buzz Aldrin

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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
Air Force Officer
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Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
Edwin Aldrin Jr.
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