I don't think we're going to build a 50-person spacecraft or a 100-person spacecraft. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn't touch! — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars...… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
They didn’t tell me I was going into space until after they locked the shuttle doors and started counting down. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Having walked on the Moon, I know something about what we need to explore, really explore, in space. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
When we set out to land people on the surface of Mars, I think we should as a nation, as a world,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
People come up to me and say, 'It's too bad the space program got canceled.' This is not the case, and yet… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I am not sure about Bill Nelson. I haven't heard him say, 'Let's junk the NASA plan to send humans to the… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I was motivated to improve the U.S. strategy of going back to the moon in 1985. That's a long time ago. Going… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
“Did the Pilgrims on the Mayflower sit around Plymouth Rock waiting for a return ship to England? Absolutely not! They traveled to… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Apollo 11 will probably go down in history as one of the major responses of two nations facing each other with threatening… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I believe that space travel will one day become as common as airline travel is today. I'm convinced, however, that the true… — 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
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 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
“Nevertheless, I was convinced that I could be selected as an astronaut. Ed White had been accepted, and we had flown together… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Going back to the moon is not visionary in restoring space leadership for America. Like its Apollo predecessor, it will prove to… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
When we can demonstrate that we can take off horizontally and put something into orbit, then we can begin to talk about… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I am excited to think that the development of commercial capabilities to send humans into low Earth orbit will likely result in… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
When we get there, if we don't find any life on Mars, from that point on there will be life on Mars… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Just as Mars - a desert planet - gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
You need propellants to accelerate toward Mars, then to decelerate at Mars, again to re-accelerate from Mars to Earth, and finally to… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
It's not easy to get human beings into orbit. So far only three nations have been able to do that, with all… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost certain that… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Mars is the symbolic and totally stimulating next objective that could so dominate the next century's exploration efforts. From Mars, the resources… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Landing in the ocean and waiting for the Navy to come alongside and haul you out of the drink is what space… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
For a million dollars, the Russians would take two people, a million apiece, around the moon and back. However, stories, videos that… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space:… — 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
