Buzz Aldrin

taking advantage of what we put together in that Saturn 5 rocket. If we had chosen to put wings on read more

taking advantage of what we put together in that Saturn 5 rocket. If we had chosen to put wings on that Saturn, we might have been on the way. But then the Russians might have got to the moon first.

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for read more

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.

The achievements of Apollo were so bold and our subsequent efforts so timid that the energy of those years seems read more

The achievements of Apollo were so bold and our subsequent efforts so timid that the energy of those years seems like a youthful dream,

Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, read more

Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, to keep the political support going. We've gone to the Moon, we've stopped doing that; now commercial people are doing it. Who knows? Maybe we will get technology from other sources; something I have written about in my days of writing science fiction.