Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrinis an American engineer and former astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, he was one of the first two humans to land on the Moon, and the second person to walk on it. He set foot on the Moon at 03:15:16 on July 21, 1969, following mission commander Neil Armstrong. He is a former U.S. Air Force officer with the Command Pilot rating...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth20 January 1930
CityGlen Ridge, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I don't think we're going to build a 50-person spacecraft or a 100-person spacecraft.
Every couple of years, we could dispatch people from Earth to Mars.
The leader of an Earth organization who makes a commitment to history - of humans living on Earth, to begin permanent settlement/occupation of not the moon, but of another planet - this leader will have a legacy for history that will supersede Columbus, Genghis Khan or almost any recognized leader.
The beauty of Hawaii probably surpasses other places. I like the Big Island and the two mountains, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, where you can look out at the stars.
I think it's inevitable that there will be Earthlings establishing a presence on Mars. And I would say that it would certainly take place by 2050 or shortly thereafter.
Kids, help your parents if they don't know how to use a smartphone.
Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.
Not everyone will understand this need for America to lead the world in space.
One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding.
My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.
It's time to open the space frontier to citizen explorers.
People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that.
My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.
Look at what Silicon Valley has done - the advance of computers.