Buzz Aldrin

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.

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,

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.

why can't the average citizen? That's what I've been promoting in the last several years.

why can't the average citizen? That's what I've been promoting in the last several years.

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.