Buzz Aldrin

I was an outsider. I was the egghead from academia who got in because the rules had changed. While I read more

I was an outsider. I was the egghead from academia who got in because the rules had changed. While I looked for validation from my fellow contemporaries, I instead found jealousy and envy. I did not find team spirit. This led to dissatisfaction, an unease.

We've got to go [back to the moon]. But we don't want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal read more

We've got to go [back to the moon]. But we don't want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal is Mars.

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.

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

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.