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I participated with great honor in becoming one of the first to land on the moon, and now I am devoting and have devoted many years of my life to enabling Americans to lead international nations to permanence on the planet Mars.

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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
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Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
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