“Did the Pilgrims on the Mayflower sit around Plymouth Rock waiting for a return trip? They came here to settle. And that's what we should be doing on Mars. When you go to Mars, you need to have made the decision that you're there permanently. The more people we have there, the more it can become a sustaining environment. Except for very rare exceptions, the people who go to Mars shouldn't be coming back. Once you get on the surface, you're there.”
![“Unless we are able to commit to a permanent growing settlement [on Mars], then I don't think just going there with humans and coming back is worth doing. The expense of planning to come back is like the people who left Europe to come to America and then to turn around and go back to Europe, it…” quote by Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/200/buzz-aldrin-954_able_unless-we-are-able-to-commit-to-a-perman_2142430.jpg)
![“Weve got to go [back to the moon]. But we dont want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal is Mars.” quote by Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/076/buzz-aldrin-954_goal_weve-got-to-go-back-to-the-moon-but-we-d_201593.jpg)
