Buzz Aldrin Quotes

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• Climate has been changing for billions of years.
• Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar examined, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked and…
• Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.
• Weve got to go [back to the moon]. But we dont want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal is Mars.
• I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled slowly and gracefully…
• This has been far more than three men on a mission to the Moon; more still than the efforts of a government and industry team;…
• They didn’t tell me I was going into space until after they locked the shuttle doors and started counting down.
• I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went to the moon.
• I don't believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were.
• It's been one of the greatest challenges that ever came along in my life; it was one of the more difficult things to do.
• I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice-and from that all other things would follow. Now, I…
• We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.
• Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.
• We need to have people up there who can communicate what it feels like, not just pilots and engineers.
• Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it's actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the survival of the…
• The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain static; they evolve…
• Long-term, I see robotics prevailing on the moon. . . . The most important decision we'll have to make about space travel is whether to…
• No dream is too high for those with their eyes in the sky.
• Knowledge of the past and an optimistic view of the present give you great opportunities.
• Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline.

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