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To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it.

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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Analyze
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Observation
Requires
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When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps up, not another government-owned, government-managed enterprise.
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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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