Buzz Aldrin Quotes - Page 6

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• I want people to go into space, to orbit around the world a few times, even to stay there for 24 hours and then come back to where they took off. And I also want people with a low income to be able to do that, not only rich people.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Space, People, Low Income

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• I want to reach a new generation. That's why I am Twittering now. I have a BlackBerry, an iPhone and a Mac.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Iphone, Generations, Want

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• Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?

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  Destiny, Play, Computer

  "Buzz Aldrin: The Right Stuff". Interview with Jim Clash, www.askmen.com.

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• One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding.

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  Space, Long, Radiation

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

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• Because of his military service, Dad was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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  Dad, Military, Arlington

  Buzz Aldrin, Ken Abraham (2009). “Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon”, p.147, Crown Archetype

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• Pascal Lee is a true pioneer of Mars exploration.

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  Pioneers, Mars, Pascal

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• Look at what Silicon Valley has done - the advance of computers.

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  Valleys, Looks, Done

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• Not everyone will understand this need for America to lead the world in space.

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  America, Space, Needs

  "Mr. President, Will You Lead Us to Greatness in Space?" by Buzz Aldrin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that.

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  People, Way, I've Learned

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• Mars has a bit of air pressure; maybe we can build up that atmosphere to be a bit more accommodating to humans.

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  Air, Atmosphere, Mars

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• In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum.

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  Space, Vacuums, Noise

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• Program Alarm, it's a 1202.

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  Alarms, Apollo, Program

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• I came to dedicate my life to opening space to the average person and crafting designs for new spaceships that could take us far from home. But since Apollo ended, such travels were only in our collective memory.

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  Memories, Home, Average

  "Commentary: Let's aim for Mars". www.cnn.com. June 23, 2009.

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• Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars.

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  Country, Moving, Mean

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• By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969. We won the moon race; now it's time for us to live and work on Mars, first on its moons and then on its surface.

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  Summer, Adventure, Moon

  "It's time to aim for Mars" by Buzz Aldrin, www.cnn.com. October 24, 2009.

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• All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans. They could put one person on the surface of the Moon for one day and he'd be a national hero.

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  Hero, Moon, Chinese

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• As time goes by, I'm increasingly impressed by how very special and timely it was that we got the degree of national commitment needed to put people on the Moon. For the first time, this nation was united in trying to develop an interplanetary capability. We've been trying to repeat that situation ever since.

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  Commitment, Moon, People

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• We need to begin thinking about building permanence on the Red Planet, not just have voyagers do some experiments, plant a flag and claim success. Having them go there, repeat this, in my view, is dim-witted. Why not stay there?

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  Thinking, Views, Needs

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• In my mind, public space travel will precede efforts toward exploration -- be it returning to the moon, going to Mars, visiting asteroids, or whatever seems appropriate. We've got millions and millions of people who want to go into space, who are willing to pay. When you figure in the payload potential of customers, everything changes.

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  Moon, Space, People

  "Buzz Aldrin: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. August 25, 2012.

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• Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If we lose leadership, then we'll be using Chinese capability to inspire Americans.

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  Space, Inspire, Survival

  "Buzz Aldrin on Why We Should Go to Mars". Interview with Amy Crawford, www.smithsonianmag.com. May 19, 2013.

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• Walking around on the moon was significantly easier than we'd thought it would be. There weren't any balance problems, so you weren't tumbling over.

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  Moon, Balance, Would Be

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• The guys who walk on Mars are going to be historic.

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  Guy, Mars, Historic

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• Let's not spend resources that we don't need to be sending astronauts back to the moon. Let's not spend expensive resources on bringing people who have reached Mars back again. Prepare them to become a growing colony.

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  Moon, People, Mars

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• I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And I think this would be very inspiring.

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  Thinking, Government, Would Be

  "A Mission To Mars". Interview with David Levin, www.pbs.org. November 18, 2010.

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• I was motivated to improve the U.S. strategy of going back to the moon in 1985. That's a long time ago. Going back to the moon would be a great achievement for tourism adventure flights.

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  Adventure, Moon, Long

  "Buzz Aldrin Wants To Send People On A One-Way Trip To Mars". Interview with Rebecca Boyle, www.popsci.com. May 07, 2013.

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