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
The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term.
Russia perhaps is still entertaining the possibility that the moons of Mars might have access to ice or water.
Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.
Mars has a bit of air pressure; maybe we can build up that atmosphere to be a bit more accommodating to humans.
Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?
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.
A mind concerned about danger is a clouded mind. It's paralyzing.
Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag.
For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.
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.