Buzz Aldrin Quotes About Nasa

Quotes about: Nasa

• I believe that space travel will one day become as common as airline travel is today. I'm convinced, however, that the true future of space travel does not lie with government agencies -- NASA is still obsessed with the idea that the primary purpose of the space program is science -- but real progress will come from private companies competing to provide the ultimate adventure ride, and NASA will receive the trickle-down benefits.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Real, Lying, Believe

  Buzz Aldrin (2009). “Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon”, p.165, A&C Black

• The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Flying, Important, Way

  "Moon Man: Buzz Aldrin's Advice on NASA's Orion Mission". Interview with David Noland, www.popularmechanics.com. October 30, 2009.

• As a youngster, I read of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. And as a fighter pilot, I observed the selection of the Mercury astronauts. All this was fascinating, but I really didn't think I would ever be a part of it. It was only when my good friend Ed White was selected as a Gemini astronaut that I decided to join NASA as part of the Apollo program.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Good Friend, Thinking, White

  Scholastic Interview, teacher.scholastic.com. November 17, 1998.

• Returning to the Moon with NASA astronauts is not the best usage of our resources. Because OUR resources should be directed to outward, beyond-the-moon, to establishing habitation and laboratories on the surface of Mars that can be built, assembled, from the close-by moons of Mars.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Moon, Mars, Astronaut

  "Buzz Aldrin: America Needs to Set its Sights on Mars" by Robert Montenegro, bigthink.com.

• I was not the commander, I was a junior person, so once both were outside, I followed my leader, because we (NASA) had not put together detailed jobs of people outside. I believe it could have been improved. But it was very successful for what it was.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Jobs, Believe, Successful

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 08, 2014.

• NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Lying, Agency, Focus

  "American Space Exploration Leadership — Why and How" by Buzz Aldrin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

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