Buzz Aldrin quotes - page 7

We can't start over and develop a Saturn 5-type vehicle from scratch. (Buzz Aldrin)
There's no doubt who was a leader in space after the Apollo Program. Nobody came close to us. And our education system, in science, technology, engineering and math, was at the top of the world. It's no longer there. We're descending rather rapidly. View quote
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It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest. View quote
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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. View quote
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What are you going to do with astronauts who first reach the surface of Mars and then turn around and rocket back home-ward? What are they going to do, write their memoirs? Would they go again? Having them repeat the voyage, in my view, is dim-witted. Why don't they stay there on Mars? View quote
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The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term. View quote
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I think the climate has been changing for billions of years. View quote
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As we begin to have landings on the moon, we can alternate those with vertical launch of similar crew modules on similar launch vehicles for vertical-launch tourism in space, if you want to call it that... adventure travel. View quote
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Everyone who's been in space would, I'm sure, welcome the opportunity for a return to the exhilarating experiences there. View quote
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It's time to open the space frontier to citizen explorers. View quote
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My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment. (Buzz Aldrin)
I'm sure that there are places in the deserts in Australia that could be similar to where we might want to go on Mars. View quote
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I don't watch 'American Idol,' but I wouldn't call it 'undignified.' View quote
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I shot down two airplanes in Korea, so I wasn't a slouch. View quote
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People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that. View quote
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The moon I see now is the same moon I saw before. Except that before, when I looked at it, it was in anticipation of what it would be like when I got there. That's behind me now. View quote
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I really hate to be put in the position of trying to justify something, a decision that was made. I'm a military guy: when a decision is made, I go along with it, whatever the manufactured controversy and criticism. View quote
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Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space. View quote
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Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don't have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud your mind from what's going on and what you should be involved in. View quote
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There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education. View quote
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When I was a little kid, we only knew about our nine planets. Since then, we've downgraded Pluto but have discovered that other solar systems and stars are common. So life is probably quite prevalent. (Buzz Aldrin)
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. View quote
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Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right. View quote
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I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today. View quote
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Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here, but what a desolate place we are visiting.' View quote
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