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 Copy Share Image
What are you going to do with astronauts who first reach the surface of Mars and then turn around and rocket back… — 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
Not everyone can be an astronaut and go into space, some people with sufficient resources can purchase and fly sub-orbitally thanks to… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
As someone who flew two space capsules and twice landed in the ocean, I can attest from personal experience how much logistics… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it's actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
NASA's been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve, and… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I'm urging NASA to foster the development of what I call 'runway landers.' No, that's not the name of a high stakes… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
What's aero braking? That's a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to sling shot a ship out either… — 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
Mars could very well be a staging location for the resources of the asteroid belt. We have to learn how to get… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force.… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar examined, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I was not the commander, I was a junior person, so once both were outside, I followed my leader, because we (NASA)… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
If you want to say that the sky is black, and if I'm there, even if I fall back down again, I… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that humans will go to Mars. And I feel that America has led so many things in space… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that there will be many trials and tribulations along the way in taming space for the benefit of all,… — 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
Astronauts working for the government will always need to be either pilots or mission specialists. Those who want to be pilots should… — 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
Before deciding what to do about national space policy, Obama set up an outside review panel of space experts, headed up by… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
By venturing into space, we improve life for everyone here on Earth - scientific advances and innovations that come from this kind… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
There's no doubt who was a leader in space after the Apollo Program. Nobody came close to us. And our education system,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet - a mission by which we are building up a confidence… — 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
The first human beings to land on Mars should not come back to Earth. They should be the beginning of a build-up… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Retain the vision for space exploration. If we turn our backs on the vision again, we're going to have to live in… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
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
Can you imagine, in 2030, taking a space cruise on the very ship that carried the first human beings to Mars? I… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
We should've asked China to be a portion of the space station. We should've worked out ways that we can... just give… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
A hybrid human-robot mission to investigate an asteroid affords a realistic opportunity to demonstrate new technological capabilities for future deep-space travel and… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I came to dedicate my life to opening space to the average person and crafting designs for new spaceships that could take… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I think we need to move to the moons of Mars and learn how to control robots that are on the surface.… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
My expertise is the space program and what it should be in the future based on my experience of looking at the… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Mars is much closer to the characteristics of Earth. It has a fall, winter, summer and spring. North Pole, South Pole, mountains… — 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
