Mars Quotes by Buzz Aldrin

Mars is there, waiting to be reached.

— Buzz Aldrin

Going to Mars would evolve humankind into a two-planet species.

— Buzz Aldrin

What comes after the moon? I think you can guess: Mars.

— Buzz Aldrin

The guys who walk on Mars are going to be historic.

— Buzz Aldrin

Every couple of years, we could dispatch people from Earth to Mars.

— Buzz Aldrin

Pascal Lee is a true pioneer of Mars exploration.

— Buzz Aldrin

America can take man to the moon, and America can take men to Mars - and beyond.

— Buzz Aldrin

Weve got to go [back to the moon]. But we dont want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal is Mars.

— Buzz Aldrin

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

— Buzz Aldrin

Mars is far more attractive as an outpost colony for earthlings than the moon is.

— Buzz Aldrin

In Mars, we've been given a wonderful set of moons... where we can send continuous numbers of people.

— Buzz Aldrin

Russia perhaps is still entertaining the possibility that the moons of Mars might have access to ice or water.

— Buzz Aldrin

I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.

— Buzz Aldrin

We could have human intelligence in orbit around Mars, building things there.

— Buzz Aldrin

I participated with great honor in becoming one of the first to land on the moon, and now I am devoting and…

— Buzz Aldrin

Trips to Mars, the Moon, even orbit, will require that we provide astrotourists with as many comforts from home as possible, including…

— Buzz Aldrin

The society of life on Mars, or the challenge of making Mars more livable, will have significant benefits on our attempts to…

— Buzz Aldrin

There is very little doubt, in my mind, that what the next monumental achievement of humanity will be the first landing by…

— Buzz Aldrin

Exploring Mars is a far different venture from Apollo expeditions to the moon; it necessitates leaving our home planet on lengthy missions…

— Buzz Aldrin

There are a lot of reasons for not doing something. And if humanity had come up with all the reasons for not…

— Buzz Aldrin

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

Let's not spend resources that we don't need to be sending astronauts back to the moon. Let's not spend expensive resources on…

— Buzz Aldrin

To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the first moon…

— Buzz Aldrin

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

The future is about wings and wheels and new forms of space transportation, along with our deep-space ambition to set foot on…

— Buzz Aldrin

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

Unless we are able to commit to a permanent growing settlement [on Mars], then I don't think just going there with humans…

— Buzz Aldrin

In my mind, public space travel will precede efforts toward exploration -- be it returning to the moon, going to Mars, visiting…

— Buzz Aldrin

Did the Pilgrims on the Mayflower sit around Plymouth Rock waiting for a return trip? They came here to settle. And that's…

— Buzz Aldrin

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

The life expectancy of people going to Mars may be decreased by the higher level of radiation that they receive.

— Buzz Aldrin

I'm sure that there are places in the deserts in Australia that could be similar to where we might want to go…

— Buzz Aldrin

Mars has a bit of air pressure; maybe we can build up that atmosphere to be a bit more accommodating to humans.

— Buzz Aldrin

The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars...…

— Buzz Aldrin

What are you going to do with astronauts who first reach the surface of Mars and then turn around and rocket back…

— Buzz Aldrin

I'm convinced that sending people to Mars is so expensive that if you go once and bring the people back and then…

— Buzz Aldrin

When we set out to land people on the surface of Mars, I think we should as a nation, as a world,…

— Buzz Aldrin

I think it's inevitable that there will be Earthlings establishing a presence on Mars. And I would say that it would certainly…

— Buzz Aldrin

I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And…

— Buzz Aldrin

Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and…

— Buzz Aldrin