The decision to go to the moon is now appreciated and associated with President Kennedy's speech, but somebody else had told him… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. And that's a joke. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I participated with great honor in becoming one of the first to land on the moon, and now I am devoting and… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the first moon… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
It was designed to have an impact on the stalemate over Mutually Assured Destruction with the Soviet Union. Us reaching the moon… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Any observations from the Moon or a sense of realising this or that about the greater meaning of things wasn't as influential… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Six out of seven times we landed successfully [on the Moon]. I wanted to be a part of that and I was… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
In my mind, public space travel will precede efforts toward exploration -- be it returning to the moon, going to Mars, visiting… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I would rather people understand that there is a very, very fortunate American who was given the opportunity, and was in the… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Long-term, I see robotics prevailing on the moon. . . . The most important decision we'll have to make about space travel… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
We should go boldly where man has not gone before. Fly by the comets, visit asteroids, visit the moon of Mars. There's… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
The surface of the moon is like nothing here on Earth! It's totally lacking any evidence of life. It has lots of… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Returning to the Moon with NASA astronauts is not the best usage of our resources. Because OUR resources should be directed to… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
History will remember the inhabitants of this century as the people who went from Kitty Hawk to the moon in 66 years,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I think I need to continue to think and plan and marry all of the different things that we could do that… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I expected the unexpected and went [on the Moon] with an open mind. I think the visual scene was described by my… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
This has been far more than three men on a mission to the Moon; more still than the efforts of a government… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Standing on the Moon looking back at Earth - this lovely place you just came from - you see all the colours,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
As time goes by, I'm increasingly impressed by how very special and timely it was that we got the degree of national… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
As we begin to have landings on the moon, we can alternate those with vertical launch of similar crew modules on similar… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
You can never tell when a commercial space venture will suddenly become viable. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
I'm sure the most favorite airplane in my career would still be the Sabre F86 cleft wing , which allowed me to be credited… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
For every winner, there's a loser. And that person didn't really need to lose. They just didn't understand the game plan. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
The society of life on Mars, or the challenge of making Mars more livable, will have significant benefits on our attempts to modify and… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
“I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. ” — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
There is very little doubt, in my mind, that what the next monumental achievement of humanity will be the first landing by an Earthling,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
Weve got to go [back to the moon]. But we dont want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal is Mars. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
America can take man to the moon, and America can take men to Mars - and beyond. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
I don't believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
We have the ability, at such high fidelity, to simulate the physical world through computers. But when the spiritual world or human behavior comes… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share
![“Six out of seven times we landed successfully [on the Moon]. I wanted to be a part of that and I was a part of that, so my personal feeling is of great gratefulness for having somehow been in a position to have been given the opportunity to be on that first landing. That's a marvelous experience…” quote by Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/00b/buzz-aldrin-954_feelings_six-out-of-seven-times-we-landed-success_1793309.jpg)
![“I expected the unexpected and went [on the Moon] with an open mind. I think the visual scene was described by my words on first landing - "magnificent desolation." Magnificent for the achievement of being there, and desolate for the eons of lifelessness.” quote by Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5ef/buzz-aldrin-954_achievement_i-expected-the-unexpected-and-went-on-th_304425.jpg)
