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
Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag.
I failed music when I was a teenager.
Having walked on the Moon, I know something about what we need to explore, really explore, in space.
For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.
Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.
There's no guarantee that the United States will be around 200 years from now.
Because of his military service, Dad was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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.
Yes I know of James Clerk Maxwell, ... And I have used his equations.
When you go to Mars, you need to have made the decision that you're there permanently. The more people we have there, the more it can become a sustaining environment. Except for very rare exceptions, the people who go to Mars shouldn't be coming back. Once you get on the surface, you're there.
I'm urging NASA to foster the development of what I call 'runway landers.' No, that's not the name of a high stakes gambler from Vegas. It's a type of spacecraft that flies to orbit like the retiring Shuttles but then glides to a landing like an airplane on a runway. Just like the Shuttles do.
Who put their foot in the Missouri River first: Lewis or Clark? Who cares!
Landing in the ocean and waiting for the Navy to come alongside and haul you out of the drink is what space capsules require. And after the capsule is recovered, it would take weeks for the ship to return to port.
Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar inspected, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked, and even laser blasted.